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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to education; providing for general education, education excellence, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>special education, and other programs; appropriating money;amending <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 120A.20, subdivision 2; 120A.22, subdivisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>2, 11; 120B.024; 120B.13, subdivision 1; 122A.415, subdivision 3; 123B.04; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>123B.92, subdivision 3; 124D.08, by adding a subdivision; 124D.09, subdivisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>9, 12, 13, 22, 24, by adding a subdivision; 125A.14; 125A.19; 125A.515, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>subdivision 1; 126C.19, subdivision 2; 127A.47, subdivision 1; 135A.101, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, sections 120A.24, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>subdivision 1; 120B.023, subdivision 2; 120B.07; 120B.08; 120B.09; 120B.12, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>subdivision 2; 120B.30, subdivision 1; 122A.40, subdivision 5; 123B.147, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>subdivision 3; 124D.09, subdivision 7; 124D.10, subdivisions 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>11, 13, 14, 15, 17a, 23, 25, by adding a subdivision; 124D.4531, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>1; 124D.98, subdivisions 2, 3; 126C.126; 126C.40, subdivision 1; 127A.45, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>subdivision 6a; Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 11, article 2, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>50, subdivision 16; article 7, section 2, subdivision 8; proposing coding for new <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 123B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>sections 120A.28; 120B.019; 120B.31, subdivision 3; 121A.60, subdivisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>3, 4; 121A.62; 121A.63; 122A.18, subdivision 9; 124D.09, subdivision 23; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>125A.16; 125A.80; 127A.47, subdivision 2; 475.53, subdivision 5.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var><b>ARTICLE 1</b><br />
            		
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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var><b>GENERAL EDUCATION</b><br />
            		
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         		<a id="bill.1.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 120A.20, subdivision 2, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Education </b><b>and</b><b>,</b><b> residence</b><b>, and transportation</b><b> of homeless.</b> (a) <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>Notwithstanding subdivision 1, a district must not deny free admission to a homeless <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>person of school age pupil solely because the district cannot determine that the person <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>pupil is a resident of the district.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>(b) The school district of residence for a homeless person of school age pupil <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>shall be the school district in which the homeless shelter or other program, center, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>facility assisting the homeless person is located. The educational services a school <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>district provides to a homeless person must allow the person to work toward meeting the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>graduation standards under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.02</statute_ref>. parent or legal guardian resides, unless: (1) <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>parental rights have been terminated by court order; (2) the parent or guardian is not <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>living within the state; or (3) the parent or guardian having legal custody of the child is <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>an inmate of a Minnesota correctional facility or is a resident of a halfway house under <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>the supervision of the commissioner of corrections. If any of clauses (1) to (3) apply, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>school district of residence shall be the school district in which the pupil resided when the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>qualifying event occurred. If no other district of residence can be established, the school <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>district of residence shall be the school district in which the pupil currently resides. If <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>there is a dispute between school districts regarding residency, the district of residence is <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>the district designated by the commissioner of education.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>(c) The serving district is responsible for transporting a homeless pupil to and from <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>the pupil's district of residence. The district may transport from a permanent home in <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>another district but only through the end of the academic school year. When a pupil is <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>enrolled in a charter school, the district or school that provides transportation for other <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>pupils enrolled in the charter school is responsible for providing transportation. When a <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>homeless student with or without an individualized education program attends a public <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>school other than an independent or special school district or charter school, the district of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>residence is responsible for transportation.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 120A.22, subdivision 11, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 11. <b>Assessment of performance.</b> (a) Each year the performance of every <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>child ages seven through 16 who is not enrolled in a public school must be assessed using <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>a nationally norm-referenced standardized achievement examination. The superintendent <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>of the district in which the child receives instruction and the person in charge of the child's <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>instruction must agree about the specific examination to be used and the administration <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>and location of the examination.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>(b) To the extent the examination in paragraph (a) does not provide assessment in <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>all of the subject areas in subdivision 9, the parent must assess the child's performance <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>in the applicable subject area. This requirement applies only to a parent who provides <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>instruction and does not meet the requirements of subdivision 10, clause (1), (2), or (3).<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>(c) If the results of the assessments in paragraphs (a) and (b) indicate that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>child's performance on the total battery score is at or below the 30th percentile or one <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>grade level below the performance level for children of the same age, the parent must <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>obtain additional evaluation of the child's abilities and performance for the purpose of <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>determining whether the child has learning problems.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>(d) A child receiving instruction from a nonpublic school, person, or institution that <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>is accredited by an accrediting agency, recognized according to section 
         <statute_ref>123B.445</statute_ref>, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>recognized by the commissioner, is exempt from the requirements of this subdivision.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.3.0"></a><a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 120A.24, subdivision 1, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Reports to superintendent.</b> (a) The person or nonpublic school in <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>charge of providing instruction to a child must submit to the superintendent of the district <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>in which the child resides the name, birth date, and address of the child; the annual tests <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>intended to be used under section 
         <statute_ref>120A.22, subdivision 11</statute_ref>, if required; the name of each <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>instructor; and evidence of compliance with one of the requirements specified in section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>120A.22, subdivision 10
         </statute_ref>:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>(1) by October 1 of the first school year the child receives instruction after reaching <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>the age of seven;<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>(2) within 15 days of when a parent withdraws a child from public school after age <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>seven to homeschool provide instruction in a nonpublic school that is not accredited <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>by a state-recognized accredited agency;<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>(3) within 15 days of moving out of a district; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>(4) by October 1 after a new resident district is established.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>(b) The person or nonpublic school in charge of providing instruction to a child <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>between the ages of seven and 16 must submit, by October 1 of each school year, a letter <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>of intent to continue to provide instruction under this section for all students under the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>person's or school's supervision and any changes to the information required in paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>(a) for each student.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>(c) The superintendent may collect the required information under this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>through an electronic or Web-based format, but must not require electronic submission <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>of information under this section from the person in charge of reporting under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>subdivision.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.4.0"></a><a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 120B.07, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var><b>120B.07 EARLY GRADUATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any secondary school student who has <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>completed all required courses or standards may, with the approval of the student, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>student's parent or guardian, and local school officials, graduate before the completion <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>of the school year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>(b) General education revenue attributable to the student must be paid as though <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>the student was in attendance for the entire year unless the student participates in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>early graduation achievement scholarship program under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.08</statute_ref> or the early <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>graduation military service award program under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.09</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for fiscal year 2012 and later.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.5.0"></a><a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 120B.08, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var><b>120B.08 EARLY GRADUATION ACHIEVEMENT SCHOLARSHIP </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var><b>PROGRAM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Participation.</b> A student who qualifies for early graduation under <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>section 
         <statute_ref>120B.07, who meets the criteria in subdivision 1a and who has not participated in <br />
            		<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>the early graduation military service award program under section 120B.09, 
         </statute_ref> is eligible to <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>participate in the early graduation achievement scholarship program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1a. <b>Eligible student.</b> For purposes of this section, an eligible student is a <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>secondary student enrolled in a Minnesota public school who, at the time of graduation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>generated Minnesota general education revenue and who graduates prior to the end of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>fourth school year after first enrolling in ninth grade.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Scholarship amounts.</b> A student who participates in the early graduation <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>achievement scholarship program is eligible for a scholarship of $2,500 if the student <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>qualifies for graduation graduates one semester or two trimesters early, $5,000 if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>student qualifies for graduation graduates two semesters or three or four trimesters early, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>or $7,500 if the student qualifies for graduation graduates three or more semesters or <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>five or more trimesters early. Participation in the optional summer term, extended day <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>sessions, and intersessions of a state-approved learning year program under section <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>124D.128 are considered a quarter for purposes of computing scholarship amounts.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Scholarship uses.</b> An early graduation achievement scholarship may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>used at any accredited institution of higher education accredited by an accrediting agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>recognized by the United States Department of Education.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Application.</b> A qualifying student may apply to the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>education for an early graduation achievement scholarship. The application must be in <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>the form and manner specified by the commissioner. Upon verification of the qualifying <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>student's course completion necessary for graduation, the department must issue the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var>student a certificate showing the student's scholarship amount.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Enrollment verification.</b> A student who qualifies under this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>and enrolls in an accredited higher education institution must submit a form to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>commissioner verifying the student's enrollment in the higher education institution and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>tuition charges for that semester. Within 15 45 days of receipt of a student's enrollment <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>and tuition verification form, the commissioner must issue a scholarship check to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>student higher education institution in the lesser of the tuition amount for that semester <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>or the maximum amount of the student's early graduation achievement scholarship. A <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>student may continue to submit enrollment verification forms to the commissioner until <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>the student has used the full amount of the student's graduation achievement scholarship or <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>six years from the date of the student's graduation, whichever occurs first. The scholarship <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>cannot be renewed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>General education money transferred.</b> The commissioner must transfer <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>the amounts necessary to fund the early graduation achievement scholarships from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>general education aid appropriation for that year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for fiscal year 2012 and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.6.0"></a><a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 120B.09, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var><b>120B.09 EARLY GRADUATION MILITARY SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Eligibility.</b> For purposes of this section, "eligible person" means a <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>secondary student enrolled in any Minnesota public school who, at the time of graduation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>generated Minnesota general education revenue, who  qualifies for early graduation under <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>section 
         <statute_ref>120B.07</statute_ref>, who graduated prior to the end of the fourth school year after first <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>enrolling in ninth grade, who has not participated in the early graduation achievement <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>scholarship program under section 120B.08,  and who, before the end of the calendar <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>year of the student's graduation, enters into active service in either the active or reserve <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>component of the United States armed forces and deploys for 60 days or longer to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>military base or installation outside Minnesota for the purpose of attending basic military <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>training or military school and, if required by the military, performing other military duty. <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>The active service may be in accordance with United States Code, title 10 or title 32.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Application.</b> An eligible person may apply to the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>education for an early graduation military service bonus. The application must be in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>form and manner specified by the commissioner and must be received at the department <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>within two calendar years of the date of graduation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Verification and award.</b> The request for payment must be received at <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>the department by the end of the second fiscal year following the date of the student's <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>graduation. Upon verification of the qualifying student's course completion necessary for <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>graduation and eligibility for the military service bonus, the commissioner must issue <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>payment to that person. Payment amounts must be determined according to section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>120B.08, subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>. Once the original amount of the award has been paid, it cannot be <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>renewed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for fiscal year 2012 and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.7.0"></a><a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 122A.415, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Revenue timing.</b> (a) Districts, intermediate school districts, school sites, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>or charter schools with approved applications must receive alternative compensation <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>revenue for each school year that the district, intermediate school district, school site, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>or charter school implements an alternative teacher professional pay system under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>subdivision and section 
         <statute_ref>122A.414</statute_ref>. For fiscal year 2007 and later, a qualifying district, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>intermediate school district, school site, or charter school that received alternative teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>compensation aid for the previous fiscal year must receive at least an amount of alternative <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>teacher compensation revenue equal to the lesser of the amount it received for the previous <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>fiscal year or the amount it qualifies for under subdivision 1 for the current fiscal year if <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>the district, intermediate school district, school site, or charter school submits a timely <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>application and the commissioner determines that the district, intermediate school district, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>school site, or charter school continues to implement an alternative teacher professional <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>pay system, consistent with its application under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>(b) The commissioner shall approve applications that comply with subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>and section 
         <statute_ref>122A.414, subdivisions 2, paragraph (b)</statute_ref>, and 2a, if the applicant is a charter <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>school, in the order in which they are received, select applicants that qualify for this <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>program, notify school districts, intermediate school districts, school sites, and charter <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>schools about the program, develop and disseminate application materials, and carry out <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>other activities needed to implement this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>(c) For applications approved under this section before August 1 of the fiscal year for <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>which the aid is paid, the portion of the state total basic alternative teacher compensation <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>aid entitlement allocated to charter schools must not exceed $522,000 for fiscal year 2006 <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>and $3,374,000 for fiscal year 2007. For fiscal year 2008 and later, the portion of the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>total basic alternative teacher compensation aid entitlement allocated to charter schools <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>must not exceed the product of $3,374,000 times the ratio of the state total charter school <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>enrollment for the previous fiscal year to the state total charter school enrollment for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var>second previous fiscal year 2007. Additional basic alternative teacher compensation aid <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.35"></a><var>6.35</var>may be approved for charter schools after August 1, not to exceed the charter school limit <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>for the following fiscal year, if the basic alternative teacher compensation aid entitlement <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>for school districts based on applications approved by August 1 does not expend the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>remaining amount under the limit.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.8.0"></a><a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 123B.92, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Alternative attendance programs.</b> (a) A district that enrolls nonresident <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>pupils in programs under sections
         <statute_ref> 123A.05</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>123A.08</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>124D.03</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>124D.08</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>124D.68</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>must provide authorized transportation to the pupil within the attendance area for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>school that the pupil attends at the same level of service that is provided to resident pupils <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>within the attendance area. The resident district need not provide or pay for transportation <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>between the pupil's residence and the district's border.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A district may provide transportation to allow a student who attends a high-need <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>English language learner program and who resides within the transportation attendance <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>area of the program to continue in the program until the student completes the highest <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>grade level offered by the program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>(c) A homeless nonresident pupil enrolled under section 124D.08, subdivision 2a, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>must be provided transportation from the pupil's district of residence to and from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>school of enrollment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.9.0"></a><a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.08, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2a. <b>Continued enrollment for homeless students.</b> Notwithstanding <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>subdivision 2, a pupil who has been enrolled in a district, who is identified as homeless, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>and whose parent or legal guardian moves to another district, may continue to enroll in <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>the nonresident district without the approval of the board of the nonresident district. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>approval of the board of the pupil's resident district is not required.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.10.0"></a><a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.09, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5a. <b>Authorization; career or technical education.</b> A 10th, 11th, or 12th <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>grade pupil enrolled in a district or an American Indian-controlled tribal contract or grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>school eligible for aid under section 124D.83, except a foreign exchange pupil enrolled in <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>a district under a cultural exchange program, may enroll in a career or technical education <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>course offered by a Minnesota state college or university. A 10th grade pupil applying <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>for enrollment in a career or technical education course under this subdivision must <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>have received a passing score on the 8th grade Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>in reading as a condition of enrollment. A secondary pupil may enroll in their first <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>postsecondary options enrollment course under this subdivision. A student who is refused <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>enrollment by a Minnesota state college or university under this subdivision, may apply <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>to an eligible institution offering a career or technical education course or a college or <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>university registered under chapter 136A by the Office of Higher Education that is eligible <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>to receive state student aid. The postsecondary institution must give priority to its students <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>according to subdivision 9. If a secondary student receives a grade of "C" or better in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>career or technical education course taken under this subdivision, the postsecondary <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>institution must allow the student to take additional secondary courses at that institution, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>not to exceed the limits in subdivision 8. A "career or technical course" is a course that is <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>part of a career and technical education program that provides individuals with coherent, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>rigorous content aligned with academic standards and relevant technical knowledge <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in current and emerging <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>professions and provide technical skill proficiency, an industry recognized credential, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>a certificate, diploma, or an associate degree.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.11.0"></a><a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 124D.09, subdivision 7, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Dissemination of information; notification of intent to enroll.</b> By March <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>1 of each year, a district must provide general information about the program to all pupils <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>in grades 8, 9, 10, and 11. To assist the district in planning, a pupil shall inform the district <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>by March May 30 of each year of the pupil's intent to enroll in postsecondary courses <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>during the following school year. A pupil is not bound by notifying or not notifying the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>district by March May 30.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.12.0"></a><a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.09, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9. <b>Enrollment priority.</b> A postsecondary institution shall give priority to its <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>postsecondary students when enrolling 10th, 11th, and 12th grade pupils in its courses. <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>A postsecondary institution may provide information about its programs to a secondary <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>school or to a pupil or parent, but it may not advertise or otherwise recruit or solicit <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>the participation of secondary pupils to enroll in its programs on financial grounds. <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>An institution must not enroll secondary pupils, for postsecondary enrollment options <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>purposes, in remedial, developmental, or other courses that are not college level. Once a <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>pupil has been enrolled in a postsecondary course under this section, the pupil shall not <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>be displaced by another student.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.13.0"></a><a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.09, subdivision 12, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 12. <b>Credits.</b> A pupil may enroll in a course under this section for either <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>secondary credit or postsecondary credit. At the time a pupil enrolls in a course, the pupil <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>shall designate whether the course is for secondary or postsecondary credit. A pupil taking <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>several courses may designate some for secondary credit and some for postsecondary <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>credit. A pupil must not audit a course under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>A district shall grant academic credit to a pupil enrolled in a course for secondary <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>credit if the pupil successfully completes the course. Seven quarter or four semester <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>college credits equal at least one full year of high school credit. Fewer college credits may <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>be prorated. A district must also grant academic credit to a pupil enrolled in a course for <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>postsecondary credit if secondary credit is requested by a pupil. If no comparable course is <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>offered by the district, the district must, as soon as possible, notify the commissioner, who <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>shall determine the number of credits that shall be granted to a pupil who successfully <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>completes a course. If a comparable course is offered by the district, the school board <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>shall grant a comparable number of credits to the pupil. If there is a dispute between the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>district and the pupil regarding the number of credits granted for a particular course, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>pupil may appeal the board's decision to the commissioner. The commissioner's decision <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>regarding the number of credits shall be final.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>The secondary credits granted to a pupil must be counted toward the graduation <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>requirements and subject area requirements of the district. Evidence of successful <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>completion of each course and secondary credits granted must be included in the pupil's <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>secondary school record. A pupil shall provide the school with a copy of the pupil's grade <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>in each course taken for secondary credit under this section. Upon the request of a pupil, <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>the pupil's secondary school record must also include evidence of successful completion <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>and credits granted for a course taken for postsecondary credit. In either case, the record <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>must indicate that the credits were earned at a postsecondary institution.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>If a pupil enrolls in a postsecondary institution after leaving secondary school, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>postsecondary institution must award postsecondary credit for any course successfully <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>completed for secondary credit at that institution. Other postsecondary institutions may <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>award, after a pupil leaves secondary school, postsecondary credit for any courses <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>successfully completed under this section. An institution may not charge a pupil for <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>the award of credit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var>The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.34"></a><var>9.34</var>the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota must, and private nonprofit and <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.35"></a><var>9.35</var>proprietary postsecondary institutions should, award postsecondary credit for any <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.36"></a><var>9.36</var>successfully completed courses in a program certified by the National Alliance of <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships offered according to an agreement under subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>10.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.14.0"></a><a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.09, subdivision 13, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 13. <b>Financial arrangements.</b> For a pupil enrolled in a course under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>section, the department must make payments according to this subdivision for courses that <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>were taken for secondary credit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>The department must not make payments to a school district or postsecondary <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>institution for a course taken for postsecondary credit only. The department must not <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>make payments to a postsecondary institution for a course from which a student officially <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>withdraws during the first 14 days of the quarter or semester or who has been absent from <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>the postsecondary institution for the first 15 consecutive school days of the quarter or <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>semester and is not receiving instruction in the home or hospital.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>A postsecondary institution, including a college or university under subdivision 5a, <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>shall receive the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>(1) for an institution granting quarter credit, the reimbursement per credit hour shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>be an amount equal to 88 percent of the product of the formula allowance minus $415, <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>multiplied by 1.3, and divided by 45; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>(2) for an institution granting semester credit, the reimbursement per credit hour <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>shall be an amount equal to 88 percent of the product of the general revenue formula <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>allowance minus $415, multiplied by 1.3, and divided by 30.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>The department must pay to each postsecondary institution 100 percent of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>amount in clause (1) or (2) within 30 days of receiving initial enrollment information <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>each quarter or semester. If changes in enrollment occur during a quarter or semester, <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>the change shall be reported by the postsecondary institution at the time the enrollment <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>information for the succeeding quarter or semester is submitted. At any time the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>department notifies a postsecondary institution that an overpayment has been made, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>institution shall promptly remit the amount due.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.15.0"></a><a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.09, subdivision 24, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 24. <b>Limit; state obligation.</b> The provisions of subdivisions 13, 19, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>22, and 23 shall not apply for any postsecondary courses in which a pupil is enrolled in <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>addition to being enrolled full time in that pupil's district or for any postsecondary course <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>in which a pupil is enrolled for postsecondary credit. The pupil is enrolled full time if <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var>the pupil attends credit-bearing classes in the high school or high school program for <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.34"></a><var>10.34</var>all of the available hours of instruction.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for the 2012-2013 school year and <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.16.0"></a><a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 124D.10, subdivision 8, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Federal, state, and local requirements.</b> (a) A charter school shall meet all <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>federal, state, and local health and safety requirements applicable to school districts.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A school must comply with statewide accountability requirements governing <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>standards and assessments in chapter 120B.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) A school authorized by a school board may be located in any district, unless the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>school board of the district of the proposed location disapproves by written resolution.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) A charter school must be nonsectarian in its programs, admission policies, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>employment practices, and all other operations. An authorizer may not authorize a charter <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>school or program that is affiliated with a nonpublic sectarian school or a religious <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>institution. A charter school student must be released for religious instruction, consistent <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>with section 
         <statute_ref>120A.22, subdivision 12</statute_ref>, clause (3).<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) Charter schools must not be used as a method of providing education or <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>generating revenue for students who are being home-schooled. This paragraph does not <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>apply to shared time aid, under section 126C.19.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) The primary focus of a charter school must be to provide a comprehensive <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>program of instruction for at least one grade or age group from five through 18 years <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>of age. Instruction may be provided to people younger than five years and older than <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>18 years of age.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) A charter school may not charge tuition.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) A charter school is subject to and must comply with chapter 363A and section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>121A.04
         </statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) A charter school is subject to and must comply with the Pupil Fair Dismissal <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>Act, sections 
         <statute_ref>121A.40</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>121A.56</statute_ref>, and the Minnesota Public School Fee Law, sections <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>123B.34
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>123B.39</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(j) A charter school is subject to the same financial audits, audit procedures, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>audit requirements as a district. Audits must be conducted in compliance with generally <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>accepted governmental auditing standards, the federal Single Audit Act, if applicable, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>and section 
         <statute_ref>6.65</statute_ref>. A charter school is subject to and must comply with sections 
         <statute_ref>15.054</statute_ref>; <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var>118A.01
         </statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>118A.02</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>118A.03</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>118A.04</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>118A.05</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>118A.06</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>471.38</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>471.391</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>471.392</statute_ref>; and <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.11.34"></a><var>11.34</var>471.425
         </statute_ref>. The audit must comply with the requirements of sections 
         <statute_ref>123B.75</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>123B.83</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.35"></a><var>11.35</var>except to the extent deviations are necessary because of the program at the school. <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>Deviations must be approved by the commissioner and authorizer. The Department of <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>Education, state auditor, legislative auditor, or authorizer may conduct financial, program, <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>or compliance audits. A charter school determined to be in statutory operating debt under <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>123B.81</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>123B.83</statute_ref> must submit a plan under section 
         <statute_ref>123B.81, subdivision 4</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(k) A charter school is a district for the purposes of tort liability under chapter 466.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(l) A charter school must comply with chapters 13 and 13D; and sections 
         <statute_ref>120A.22, <br />
            		<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>subdivision 7
         </statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>121A.75</statute_ref>; and 
         <statute_ref>260B.171</statute_ref>, subdivisions 3 and 5.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(m) A charter school is subject to the Pledge of Allegiance requirement under <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>section 
         <statute_ref>121A.11, subdivision 3</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(n) A charter school offering online courses or programs must comply with section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>124D.095
         </statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(o) A charter school and charter school board of directors are subject to chapter 181.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(p) A charter school must comply with section 
         <statute_ref>120A.22, subdivision 7</statute_ref>, governing <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>the transfer of students' educational records and sections 
         <statute_ref>138.163</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>138.17</statute_ref> governing <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>the management of local records.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(q) A charter school that provides early childhood health and developmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>screening must comply with sections 
         <statute_ref>121A.16</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>121A.19</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>(r) A charter school that provides school-sponsored youth athletic activities must <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>comply with section 121A.38.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.17.0"></a><a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 126C.126, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var><b>126C.126 REALLOCATING GENERAL EDUCATION REVENUE FOR </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var><b>ALL-DAY KINDERGARTEN AND PREKINDERGARTEN.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) In order to provide additional revenue for an optional all-day kindergarten <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>program, a district may reallocate general education revenue attributable to 12th grade <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>students who have graduated early under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.07</statute_ref> and who do not participate in <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>the early graduation achievement scholarship program under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.08</statute_ref> or the early <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>graduation military service award program under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.09</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A school district may spend general education revenue on extended time <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>kindergarten and prekindergarten programs.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.18.0"></a><a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 126C.19, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Exception.</b> Notwithstanding subdivision 1, the resident district of a shared <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>time pupil attending shared time classes in another district may or a charter school must <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var> grant the district or charter school of attendance, upon its request, permission to claim <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.34"></a><var>12.34</var>the pupil as a resident for state aid purposes. In this case, state aid must be paid to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>district or charter school of attendance and, upon agreement. If the resident district agrees, <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>the district of attendance may bill the resident district for any unreimbursed education <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>costs, but not for unreimbursed transportation costs. The agreement may, however, <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>provide resident district and the district or charter school of attendance may negotiate an <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>agreement for the resident district to pay the cost of any of the particular transportation <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>categories specified in section 
         <statute_ref>123B.92, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, and in this case, aid for those <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>categories must be paid to the district of residence rather than to the district of attendance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2014 <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.19.0"></a><a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 127A.45, subdivision 6a, <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6a. <b>Cash flow adjustment.</b> The board of directors of any charter school <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>serving fewer than 150 200 students where the percent of students eligible for special <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>education services equals at least 90 percent of the charter school's total enrollment may <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>request that the commissioner of education accelerate the school's cash flow under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>section. The commissioner must approve a properly submitted request within 30 days of <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>its receipt. The commissioner must accelerate the school's regular special education aid <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>payments according to the schedule in the school's request and modify the payments to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>school under subdivision 3 accordingly. A school must not receive current payments of <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>regular special education aid exceeding 90 percent of its estimated aid entitlement for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>fiscal year. The commissioner must delay the special education aid payments to all other <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>school districts and charter schools in proportion to each district or charter school's total <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>share of regular special education aid such that the overall aid payment savings from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>aid payment shift remains unchanged for any fiscal year.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.20.0"></a><a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 127A.47, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Aid to serving district.</b> (a) Unless otherwise specifically provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>by law, general education aid must be paid according to this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), general education aid must be paid to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>serving district.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>(c) If the resident district pays tuition for a pupil under section 
         <statute_ref>123A.18</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123A.22</statute_ref>, <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>123A.30
         </statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123A.32</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123A.44</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123A.488</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123B.88, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>124D.04</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>124D.05</statute_ref>, <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>125A.03
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>125A.24</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>125A.51</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>125A.65</statute_ref>, general education aid, excluding basic skills <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>revenue under section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, must be paid to the resident district. For <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.34"></a><var>13.34</var>a student enrolled under section 124D.08, subdivision 2a, that is enrolled in other than <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>an independent or special school district or charter school, the general education revenue <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>shall be paid to the resident district.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.21.0"></a><a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 135A.101, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Requirements for participation.</b> To participate in the postsecondary <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>enrollment options program, a college or university must abide by the provisions in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>section. The institution may provide information about its programs to a secondary school <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>or to a pupil or parent, but may not recruit or solicit participation on financial grounds.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.22.0"></a><a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 22. <b>POSTSECONDARY ENROLLMENT OPTION APPROPRIATION </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var><b>ADJUSTMENT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, for fiscal year 2013 only, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>commissioner must limit the appropriation paid in the postsecondary enrollment option <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>program that is attributable to tenth grade students enrolling in career and technical classes <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>to the amount generated under Minnesota Statutes, section 124D.09, subdivision 13, <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>clause (1) or (2), multiplied times 0.55.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2013 only.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.23.0"></a><a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 23. <b>APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>Notwithstanding Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 11, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>shall adjust appropriations made to the Department of Education in that act for the effects <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>of statutory changes made in this act. Where appropriate, the amounts necessary to fulfill <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>the requirements of this section are appropriated from the general fund.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.24.0"></a><a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 24. <b>REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>In Minnesota Statutes and Rules, the revisor of statutes shall substitute the terms <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>"English learner," "EL," or similar term for "limited English proficient," "English language <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>learner," "LEP," "ELL," or similar term when referring to early childhood through grade 12 <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>education. The revisor shall also make grammatical changes related to the changes in term.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.25.0"></a><a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 25. <b> REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>(a) Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.09, subdivision 23, is repealed effective <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>for the 2012-2013 school year and later.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>(b) Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 127A.47, subdivision 2, is repealed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var><b>ARTICLE 2</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var><b>EDUCATION EXCELLENCE</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.2.1.0"></a><a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 120A.22, subdivision 2, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Applicability.</b> This section and sections 
         <statute_ref>120A.24</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>120A.26</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>120A.28</statute_ref>; <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>120A.30
         </statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>120A.32</statute_ref>; and 
         <statute_ref>120A.34</statute_ref> apply only to a child required to receive instruction <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>according to subdivision 5 and to instruction that is intended to fulfill that requirement.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.2.0"></a><a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 120B.023, subdivision 2, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Revisions and reviews required.</b> (a) The commissioner of education must <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>revise and appropriately embed technology and information literacy standards consistent <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>with recommendations from school media specialists into the state's academic standards <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>and graduation requirements and implement a review cycle for state academic standards <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>and related benchmarks, consistent with this subdivision. During each review cycle, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>commissioner also must examine the alignment of each required academic standard and <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>related benchmark with the knowledge and skills students need for college readiness and <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>advanced work in the particular subject area.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>(b) The commissioner in the 2006-2007 school year must revise and align the state's <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>academic standards and high school graduation requirements in mathematics to require <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>that students satisfactorily complete the revised mathematics standards, beginning in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>2010-2011 school year. Under the revised standards:<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>(1) students must satisfactorily complete an algebra I credit by the end of eighth <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>grade; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>(2) students scheduled to graduate in the 2014-2015 school year or later must <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>satisfactorily complete an algebra II credit or its equivalent.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>The commissioner also must ensure that the statewide mathematics assessments <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>administered to students in grades 3 through 8 and 11 are aligned with the state academic <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>standards in mathematics, consistent with section 
         <statute_ref>120B.30</statute_ref>, subdivision 1, paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>(b). The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var>benchmarks in mathematics beginning in the 2015-2016 school year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>(c) The commissioner in the 2007-2008 school year must revise and align the state's <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>academic standards and high school graduation requirements in the arts to require that <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.33"></a><var>15.33</var>students satisfactorily complete the revised arts standards beginning in the 2010-2011 <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>school year. The commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>related benchmarks in arts beginning in the 2016-2017 school year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>(d) The commissioner in the 2008-2009 school year must revise and align the state's <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>academic standards and high school graduation requirements in science to require that <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>students satisfactorily complete the revised science standards, beginning in the 2011-2012 <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>school year. Under the revised standards, students scheduled to graduate in the 2014-2015 <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>school year or later must satisfactorily complete a chemistry, physics, or career and <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>technical education credit that meets the standards underlying either utilizes standards <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>associated with the chemistry or, physics, or biology credit or a combination thereof. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>commissioner must implement a review of the academic standards and related benchmarks <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var>in science beginning in the 2017-2018 school year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>(e) The commissioner in the 2009-2010 school year must revise and align the state's <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>academic standards and high school graduation requirements in language arts to require <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>that students satisfactorily complete the revised language arts standards beginning in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>2012-2013 school year. The commissioner must implement a review of the academic <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>standards and related benchmarks in language arts beginning in the 2018-2019 school year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>(f) The commissioner in the 2010-2011 school year must revise and align the state's <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>academic standards and high school graduation requirements in social studies to require <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>that students satisfactorily complete the revised social studies standards beginning in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>2013-2014 school year. The commissioner must implement a review of the academic <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>standards and related benchmarks in social studies beginning in the 2019-2020 school year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>(g) School districts and charter schools must revise and align local academic <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>standards and high school graduation requirements in health, world languages, and career <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>and technical education to require students to complete the revised standards beginning <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>in a school year determined by the school district or charter school. School districts and <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>charter schools must formally establish a periodic review cycle for the academic standards <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>and related benchmarks in health, world languages, and career and technical education.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.3.0"></a><a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 120B.024, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var><b>120B.024 GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS; COURSE CREDITS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Students beginning 9th grade in the 2004-2005 school year and later must <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>successfully complete the following high school level course credits for graduation:<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) four credits of language arts;<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.33"></a><var>16.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) three credits of mathematics, encompassing at least algebra, geometry, statistics, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.34"></a><var>16.34</var>and probability sufficient to satisfy the academic standard;<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.35"></a><var>16.35</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) three credits of science, including at least one credit in biology;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) three and one-half credits of social studies, encompassing at least United <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>States history, geography, government and citizenship, world history, and economics or <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>three credits of social studies encompassing at least United States history, geography, <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>government and citizenship, and world history, and one-half credit of economics taught in <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>a school's social studies, agriculture education, or business department;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) one credit in the arts; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) a minimum of seven elective course credits.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A course credit is equivalent to a student successfully completing an academic <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>year of study or a student mastering the applicable subject matter, as determined by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>local school district.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) An agriculture science course may fulfill a science credit requirement in addition <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>to the specified science credits in biology and chemistry or physics under paragraph (a), <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>clause (3), and paragraph (d).<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) A career and technical education course may fulfill a science, mathematics, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>arts credit requirement in addition to the specified science, mathematics, or arts credits <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>under paragraph (a), clause (2), (3), or (5), and paragraph (d).<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>(d) Students scheduled to graduate in the 2014-2015 school year and later must <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>successfully complete a chemistry or physics credit.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.4.0"></a><a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 120B.12, subdivision 2, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Identification; report.</b> For the 2011-2012 school year and later, each <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var>school district shall identify before the end of kindergarten, grade 1, and grade 2 students <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var>who are not reading at grade level before the end of the current school year. Reading <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var>assessments must identify and evaluate students' areas of academic need related to <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>literacy. The district must use a locally adopted assessment and annually report summary <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>assessment results to the commissioner by June July 1.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.5.0"></a><a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 120B.13, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Program structure; training programs for teachers.</b> (a) The <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs are well-established <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>academic programs for mature, academically directed high school students. These <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>programs, in addition to providing academic rigor, offer sound curricular design, <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>accountability, comprehensive external assessment, feedback to students and teachers, <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.33"></a><var>17.33</var>and the opportunity for high school students to compete academically on a global level. <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.34"></a><var>17.34</var>Advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs allow students to leave <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>high school with the academic skills and self-confidence to succeed in college and <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>beyond. The advanced placement and international baccalaureate programs help provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>Minnesota students with world-class educational opportunity.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>(b) Critical to schools' educational success is ongoing advanced <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>placement/international baccalaureate-approved teacher training. A secondary teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var>assigned by a district to teach an advanced placement or international baccalaureate course <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>or other interested educator may participate in a training program offered by The College <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>Board or International Baccalaureate North America, Inc. The state may pay a portion <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>of the tuition, room, board, and out-of-state travel costs a teacher or other interested <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>educator incurs in participating in a training program. The commissioner shall determine <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var>application procedures and deadlines, select teachers and other interested educators to <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>participate in the training program, and determine the payment process and amount of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>subsidy. The procedures determined by the commissioner shall, to the extent possible, <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var>ensure that advanced placement and international baccalaureate courses become available <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>in all parts of the state and that a variety of course offerings are available in school districts. <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>This subdivision does not prevent teacher or other interested educator participation in <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>training programs offered by The College Board or International Baccalaureate North <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>America, Inc., when tuition is paid by a source other than the state.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.6.0"></a><a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 120B.30, subdivision 1, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Statewide testing.</b>  (a) The commissioner, with advice from experts <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>with appropriate technical qualifications and experience and stakeholders, consistent with <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>subdivision 1a, shall include in the comprehensive assessment system, for each grade <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>level to be tested, state-constructed tests developed from and aligned with the state's <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>required academic standards under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.021</statute_ref>, include multiple choice questions, <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>and be administered annually to all students in grades 3 through 8. State-developed high <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>school tests aligned with the state's required academic standards under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.021 <br />
            		
         </statute_ref><a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>and administered to all high school students in a subject other than writing must include <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>multiple choice questions. The commissioner shall establish one or more months during <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>which schools shall administer the tests to students each school year. For students enrolled <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>in grade 8 before the 2005-2006 school year, Minnesota basic skills tests in reading, <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var>mathematics, and writing shall fulfill students' basic skills testing requirements for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.33"></a><var>18.33</var>passing state notation. The passing scores of basic skills tests in reading and mathematics <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.34"></a><var>18.34</var>are the equivalent of 75 percent correct for students entering grade 9 based on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.35"></a><var>18.35</var>first uniform test administered in February 1998. Students who have not successfully <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>passed a Minnesota basic skills test by the end of the 2011-2012 school year must pass <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>the graduation-required assessments for diploma under paragraph (c), except that for <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 school years only, these students may satisfy the state's <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>graduation test requirement for math by complying with paragraph (d), clauses (1) and (3).<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>(b) The state assessment system must be aligned to the most recent revision of <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>academic standards as described in section 
         <statute_ref>120B.023</statute_ref> in the following manner:<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>(1) mathematics;<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>(i) grades 3 through 8 beginning in the 2010-2011 school year; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>(ii) high school level beginning in the 2013-2014 school year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>(2) science; grades 5 and 8 and at the high school level beginning in the 2011-2012 <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>school year; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>(3) language arts and reading; grades 3 through 8 and high school level beginning in <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>the 2012-2013 school year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) For students enrolled in grade 8 in the 2005-2006 school year and later, only the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var>following options shall fulfill students' state graduation test requirements:<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) for reading and mathematics:<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) obtaining an achievement level equivalent to or greater than proficient as <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>determined through a standard setting process on the Minnesota comprehensive <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>assessments in grade 10 for reading and grade 11 for mathematics or achieving a passing <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>score as determined through a standard setting process on the graduation-required <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>assessment for diploma in grade 10 for reading and grade 11 for mathematics or <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>subsequent retests;<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) achieving a passing score as determined through a standard setting process on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>state-identified language proficiency test in reading and the mathematics test for English <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>language learners or the graduation-required assessment for diploma equivalent of those <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>assessments for students designated as English language learners;<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) achieving an individual passing score on the graduation-required assessment for <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>diploma as determined by appropriate state guidelines for students with an individualized <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>education program or 504 plan;<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) obtaining achievement level equivalent to or greater than proficient as <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>determined through a standard setting process on the state-identified alternate assessment <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>or assessments in grade 10 for reading and grade 11 for mathematics for students with <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.33"></a><var>19.33</var>an individualized education program; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.34"></a><var>19.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v) achieving an individual passing score on the state-identified alternate assessment <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.35"></a><var>19.35</var>or assessments as determined by appropriate state guidelines for students with an <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.36"></a><var>19.36</var>individualized education program; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) for writing:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) achieving a passing score on the graduation-required assessment for diploma;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) achieving a passing score as determined through a standard setting process on <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>the state-identified language proficiency test in writing for students designated as English <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>language learners;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) achieving an individual passing score on the graduation-required assessment for <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>diploma as determined by appropriate state guidelines for students with an individualized <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>education program or 504 plan; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) achieving an individual passing score on the state-identified alternate assessment <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>or assessments as determined by appropriate state guidelines for students with an <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>individualized education program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Students enrolled in grade 8 in any school year from the 2005-2006 school <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>year to the 2009-2010 school year who do not pass the mathematics graduation-required <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>assessment for diploma under paragraph (c) are eligible to receive a high school diploma <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>if they:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>(1) complete with a passing score or grade all state and local coursework and credits <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>required for graduation by the school board granting the students their diploma;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>(2) participate in district-prescribed academic remediation in mathematics; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) fully participate in at least two retests of the mathematics GRAD test or until <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var>they pass the mathematics GRAD test, whichever comes first. A school, district, or charter <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>school must place on the high school transcript a student's current pass status for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>subject that has a required graduation assessment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>In addition, the school board granting the students their diplomas may formally <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>decide to include a notation of high achievement on the high school diplomas of those <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>graduating seniors who, according to established school board criteria, demonstrate <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>exemplary academic achievement during high school.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>(e) The 3rd through 8th grade and high school test results shall be available to <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>districts for diagnostic purposes affecting student learning and district instruction and <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>curriculum, and for establishing educational accountability. The commissioner must <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>disseminate to the public the high school test results upon receiving those results.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) The 3rd through 8th grade and high school tests must be aligned with state <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var>academic standards. The commissioner shall determine the testing process and the order <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.33"></a><var>20.33</var>of administration. The statewide results shall be aggregated at the site and district level, <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.34"></a><var>20.34</var>consistent with subdivision 1a.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) In addition to the testing and reporting requirements under this section, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>commissioner shall include the following components in the statewide public reporting <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>system:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) uniform statewide testing of all students in grades 3 through 8 and at the high <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>school level that provides appropriate, technically sound accommodations or alternate <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>assessments;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) educational indicators that can be aggregated and compared across school <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>districts and across time on a statewide basis, including average daily attendance, high <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>school graduation rates, and high school drop-out rates by age and grade level;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) state results on the American College Test; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) state results from participation in the National Assessment of Educational <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>Progress so that the state can benchmark its performance against the nation and other <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>states, and, where possible, against other countries, and contribute to the national effort <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>to monitor achievement.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.7.0"></a><a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 122A.40, subdivision 5, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Probationary period.</b> (a) The first three consecutive years of a teacher's <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>first teaching experience in Minnesota in a single district is deemed to be a probationary <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>period of employment, and, the probationary period in each district in which the teacher is <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>thereafter employed shall be one year. The school board must adopt a plan for written <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>evaluation of teachers during the probationary period that is consistent with subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>8. Evaluation must occur at least three times periodically throughout each school year <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>for a teacher performing services during that school year; the first evaluation must occur <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>within the first 90 days of teaching service. Days devoted to parent-teacher conferences, <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>teachers' workshops, and other staff development opportunities and days on which a <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>teacher is absent from school must not be included in determining the number of school <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>days on which a teacher performs services. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>during the probationary period any annual contract with any teacher may or may not be <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>renewed as the school board shall see fit. However, the board must give any such teacher <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>whose contract it declines to renew for the following school year written notice to that <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>effect before June July 1. If the teacher requests reasons for any nonrenewal of a teaching <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var>contract, the board must give the teacher its reason in writing, including a statement <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.33"></a><var>21.33</var>that appropriate supervision was furnished describing the nature and the extent of such <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.34"></a><var>21.34</var>supervision furnished the teacher during the employment by the board, within ten days <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.35"></a><var>21.35</var>after receiving such request. The school board may, after a hearing held upon due notice, <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>discharge a teacher during the probationary period for cause, effective immediately, <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.44</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>(b) A board must discharge a probationary teacher, effective immediately, upon <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>receipt of notice under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.20, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, paragraph (b), that the teacher's <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>license has been revoked due to a conviction for child abuse or sexual abuse.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>(c) A probationary teacher whose first three years of consecutive employment are <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>interrupted for active military service and who promptly resumes teaching consistent with <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>federal reemployment timelines for uniformed service personnel under United States <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>Code, title 38, section 4312(e), is considered to have a consecutive teaching experience <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>for purposes of paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>(d) A probationary teacher must complete at least 120 days of teaching service each <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>year during the probationary period. Days devoted to parent-teacher conferences, teachers' <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>workshops, and other staff development opportunities and days on which a teacher is <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var>absent from school do not count as days of teaching service under this paragraph.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for the 2012-2013 school year and <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.8.0"></a><a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 8. <b>[123B.022] PROHIBITIONS ON POLITICAL ACTIVITIES BY PUBLIC </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var><b>SCHOOL EMPLOYEES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>Local school boards shall develop and implement policies to ensure that publicly <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>funded resources, including, but not limited to, time, materials, equipment, facilities, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>e-mail and other forms of technology used to communicate are not used or authorized <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>for use by public employees to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>(1) advocate the election or defeat of any candidate for elective office;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>(2) advocate the passage or defeat of any referendum question; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>(3) solicit funds for political purposes.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>The policy also must define appropriate use and times of use of all computers at a <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>school site with Internet access available for employee use.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>Such policies shall not prohibit the use of public funds for disseminating factual <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>information about a proposition appearing on a local ballot, if such information is factual <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>and does not advocate for or against the proposition.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>All school districts must make these policies readily accessible to the public.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective six months following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.9.0"></a><a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 123B.04, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var><b>123B.04 SITE DECISION-MAKING</b><b>; INDIVIDUALIZED LEARNING</b><b> </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var><b>AGREEMENT</b><b>; OTHER AGREEMENTS</b><b>.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Definition.</b> "Education site" means a separate facility. A program <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>within a facility or within a district is an education site if the school board recognizes it <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>as a site.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1a. <b>Individualized learning and instruction; improved student </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var><b>achievement.</b> To promote individualized learning and instruction and improve student <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>achievement under subdivisions 4 and 4a, a participating school board under this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>must consider how to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>(1) assist a school site to adapt instruction to the needs and aptitudes of individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>students, and establish goals and standards for individual students in addition to the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>academic standards applicable to all students;<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>(2) coordinate the pace of instruction and learning with the needs and aptitudes of <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>individual students at a school site;<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>(3) provide useful data and assist with research in developing and improving <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>innovative, cost-effective, research-based individualized learning, instruction, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>assessment under this section and section 124D.10;<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>(4) demonstrate and help evaluate instructional alternatives to age-based grade <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>progression;<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>(5) more effectively motivate students and teachers; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var>(6) expand use of learning technology to support individualized learning, instruction, <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>assessment, and achievement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Agreement.</b> (a) The school board and a school site may enter into an <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>agreement under this section solely to develop and implement an individualized learning <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>and achievement contract under subdivision 4.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>(a) (b) Upon the request of 60 percent of the licensed employees of a site or a school <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>site decision-making team, the school board shall enter into discussions to reach an <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>agreement concerning the governance, management, or control of the school. A school <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>site decision-making team may include the school principal, teachers in the school or <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.31"></a><var>23.31</var>their designee, other employees in the school, representatives of pupils in the school, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.32"></a><var>23.32</var>other members in the community. A school site decision-making team must include at <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.33"></a><var>23.33</var>least one parent of a pupil in the school. For purposes of formation of a new site, a school <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.34"></a><var>23.34</var>site decision-making team may be a team of teachers that is recognized by the board as <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.35"></a><var>23.35</var>a site. The school site decision-making team shall include the school principal or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.36"></a><var>23.36</var>person having general control and supervision of the school. The site decision-making <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>team must reflect the diversity of the education site. At least one-half of the members <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>shall be employees of the district, unless an employee is the parent of a student enrolled <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var>in the school site, in which case the employee may elect to serve as a parent member of <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var>the site team.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var>(b) (c) School site decision-making agreements must delegate powers, duties, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var>broad management responsibilities to site teams and involve staff members, students as <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>appropriate, and parents in decision making.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var>(c) (d) An agreement shall include a statement of powers, duties, responsibilities, <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var>and authority to be delegated to and within the site.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>(d) (e) An agreement may include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var>(1) an achievement contract according to subdivision 4;<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>(2) a mechanism to allow principals, a site leadership team, or other persons having <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var>general control and supervision of the school, to make decisions regarding how financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var>and personnel resources are best allocated at the site and from whom goods or services <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>are purchased;<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>(3) a mechanism to implement parental involvement programs under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var>124D.895
         </statute_ref> and to provide for effective parental communication and feedback on this <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>involvement at the site level;<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var>(4) a provision that would allow the team to determine who is hired into licensed <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>and nonlicensed positions;<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>(5) a provision that would allow teachers to choose the principal or other person <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>having general control;<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var>(6) an amount of revenue allocated to the site under subdivision 3; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>(7) any other powers and duties determined appropriate by the board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>The school board of the district remains the legal employer under clauses (4) and (5). <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>(e) (f) Any powers or duties not delegated to the school site management team in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>school site management agreement shall remain with the school board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var>(f) (g) Approved agreements shall be filed with the commissioner. If a school board <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var>denies a request or the school site and school board fail to reach an agreement to enter <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>into a school site management agreement, the school board shall provide a copy of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>request and the reasons for its denial to the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.32"></a><var>24.32</var>(g) (h) A site decision-making grant program is established, consistent with this <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.33"></a><var>24.33</var>subdivision, to allow sites to implement an agreement that at least:<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.34"></a><var>24.34</var>(1) notwithstanding subdivision 3, allocates to the site all revenue that is attributable <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.35"></a><var>24.35</var>to the students at that site;<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>(2) includes a provision, consistent with current law and the collective bargaining <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>agreement in effect, that allows the site team to decide who is selected from within the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var>district for licensed and nonlicensed positions at the site and to make staff assignments <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var>in the site; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>(3) includes a completed performance agreement under subdivision 4.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var>The commissioner shall establish the form and manner of the application for a grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var>and annually, at the end of each fiscal year, report to the house of representatives and <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>senate committees having jurisdiction over education on the progress of the program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Revenue and cost allocation.</b> Revenue for a fiscal year received or <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>receivable by the district shall be allocated to education sites based on the agreement <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>between the school board and the site decision-making team. Revenue shall remain <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>allocated to each site until used by the site. The site teams and the board may enter an <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var>agreement that permits the district to provide services and retain the revenue required to <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var>pay for the services provided. The district remains responsible for legally entering into <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var>contracts and expending funds. For the purposes of this subdivision, "allocation" means <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>that the determination of the use of the revenue shall be under the control of the site. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>district may charge the accounts of each site the actual costs of goods and services from <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>the general or capital funds attributable to the site.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Achievement contract.</b> A school board may enter a written education <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>site achievement contract with each site decision-making team for the purpose of: (1) <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>setting individualized learning performance expectations and achievement measures and <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>short- and long-term educational goals for each student at that site, including the goals <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>for improvement in each area of; (2) recognizing each student's educational needs and <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>aptitudes and levels of academic attainment, whether on grade level or above or below <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var>grade level, so as to improve student performance  through such means as a cost-effective, <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var>research-based formative assessment system designed to promote individualized learning <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var>and assessment; (3) using student performance data to diagnose a student's academic <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var>strengths and weaknesses and indicate to the student's teachers the specific skills and <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var>concepts that need to be introduced to the student and developed through academic <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>instruction or applied learning, organized by strands within subject areas and linked to <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var>state and local academic standards during the next year, a plan to assist consistent with <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.32"></a><var>25.32</var>the student's short- and long-term educational goals; and (4) assisting the education site <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.33"></a><var>25.33</var>if their progress in achieving student or contract goals are not achieved, and or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.34"></a><var>25.34</var>performance expectations and or measures determined agreed to by the board and the site <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.35"></a><var>25.35</var>decision-making team are not realized or implemented.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4a. <b>Additional site agreements premised on successful achievement </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var><b>contracts.</b> A school board that enters into a written education achievement contract <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>with a school site under subdivision 4 where the student performance data at the site <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>demonstrate at least three consecutive school years of improved student achievement <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>consistent with the terms of the achievement contract must seek to establish a similar <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var>achievement contract with other school sites in the district.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Commissioner's role.</b> The commissioner of education, in consultation <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>with appropriate educational organizations, shall:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>(1) upon request, provide technical support for districts and sites with agreements <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var>under this section;<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>(2) conduct and compile research on the effectiveness of site decision making; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var>(3) periodically report on and evaluate the effectiveness of site management <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>agreements on a statewide basis.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.10.0"></a><a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 123B.147, subdivision 3, <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Duties; evaluation.</b> (a) The principal shall provide administrative, <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>supervisory, and instructional leadership services, under the supervision of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>superintendent of schools of the district and according to the policies, rules, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var>regulations of the school board, for the planning, management, operation, and evaluation <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>of the education program of the building or buildings to which the principal is assigned.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>(b) To enhance a principal's leadership skills and support and improve teaching <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var>practices, school performance, and student achievement, a district must develop and <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var>implement a performance-based system for annually evaluating school principals assigned <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>to supervise a school building within the district. The evaluation must be designed <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>to improve teaching and learning by supporting the principal in shaping the school's <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var>professional environment and developing teacher quality, performance, and effectiveness. <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>The annual evaluation must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>(1) support and improve a principal's instructional leadership, organizational <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>management, and professional development, and strengthen the principal's capacity in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.31"></a><var>26.31</var>areas of instruction, supervision, evaluation, and teacher development;<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.32"></a><var>26.32</var>(2) include formative and summative evaluations;<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.33"></a><var>26.33</var>(3) be consistent with a principal's job description, a district's long-term plans and <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.34"></a><var>26.34</var>goals, and the principal's own professional multiyear growth plans and goals, all of which <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>must support the principal's leadership behaviors and practices, rigorous curriculum, <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>school performance, and high-quality instruction;<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>(4) include on-the-job observations and previous evaluations;<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>(5) allow surveys to help identify a principal's effectiveness, leadership skills and <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>processes, and strengths and weaknesses in exercising leadership in pursuit of school <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>success;<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>(6) use longitudinal data on student academic growth as an 35 percent of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>evaluation component and incorporate district achievement goals and targets;<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>(7) be linked to professional development that emphasizes improved teaching and <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>learning, curriculum and instruction, student learning, and a collaborative professional <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>culture; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var>(8) for principals not meeting standards of professional practice or other criteria <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>under this subdivision, implement a plan to improve the principal's performance and <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var>specify the procedure and consequence if the principal's performance is not improved.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>The provisions of this paragraph are intended to provide districts with sufficient <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>flexibility to accommodate district needs and goals related to developing, supporting, <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>and evaluating principals.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for the 2013-2014 school year and <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.11.0"></a><a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 124D.09, subdivision 22, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 22. <b>Transportation.</b> (a) A parent or guardian of a pupil enrolled in a course <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>for secondary credit may apply to the pupil's district of residence for reimbursement for <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>transporting the pupil between the secondary school in which the pupil is enrolled or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>pupil's home and the postsecondary institution that the pupil attends. The state shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>provide state aid to a district in an amount sufficient to reimburse the parent or guardian <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>for the necessary transportation costs when the family's or guardian's income is at or <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>below the poverty level, as determined by the federal government. The reimbursement <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>shall be the pupil's actual cost of transportation or 15 cents per mile traveled, whichever <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var>is less. Reimbursement may not be paid for more than 250 miles per week. However, <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>if the nearest postsecondary institution is more than 25 miles from the pupil's resident <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var>secondary school, the weekly reimbursement may not exceed the reimbursement rate per <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.32"></a><var>27.32</var>mile times the actual distance between the secondary school or the pupil's home and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.33"></a><var>27.33</var>nearest postsecondary institution times ten. The state must pay aid to the district according <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.34"></a><var>27.34</var>to this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>(b) A parent or guardian of an alternative pupil enrolled in a course for secondary <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>credit may apply to the pupil's postsecondary institution for reimbursement for <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var>transporting the pupil between the secondary school in which the pupil is enrolled or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>pupil's home and the postsecondary institution in an amount sufficient to reimburse the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>parent or guardian for the necessary transportation costs when the family's or guardian's <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>income is at or below the poverty level, as determined by the federal government. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var>amount of the reimbursement shall be determined as in paragraph (a). The state must pay <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>aid to the postsecondary institution according to this subdivision.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.12.0"></a><a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 124D.10, subdivision 3, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Authorizer.</b> (a) For purposes of this section, the terms defined in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var>subdivision have the meanings given them.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"Application" to receive approval as an authorizer means the proposal an eligible <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>authorizer submits to the commissioner under paragraph (c) before that authorizer is able <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>to submit any affidavit to charter to a school.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"Application" under subdivision 4 means the charter school business plan a <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var>school developer submits to an authorizer for approval to establish a charter school that <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var>documents the school developer's mission statement, school purposes, program design, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>financial plan, governance and management structure, and background and experience, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>plus any other information the authorizer requests. The application also shall include a <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>"statement of assurances" of legal compliance prescribed by the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"Affidavit" means a written statement the authorizer submits to the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var>for approval to establish a charter school under subdivision 4 attesting to its review and <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var>approval process before chartering a school.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The following organizations may authorize one or more charter schools:<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) a school board; intermediate school district school board; education district <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>organized under sections 
         <statute_ref>123A.15</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>123A.19</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) a charitable organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>of 1986, excluding a nonpublic sectarian or religious institution, any person other than a <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.30"></a><var>28.30</var>natural person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.31"></a><var>28.31</var>is controlled by, or is under common control with the nonpublic sectarian or religious <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.32"></a><var>28.32</var>institution, and any other charitable organization under this clause that in the federal IRS <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.33"></a><var>28.33</var>Form 1023, Part IV, describes activities indicating a religious purpose, that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.34"></a><var>28.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) is a member of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits or the Minnesota Council on <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.35"></a><var>28.35</var>Foundations;<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) is registered with the attorney general's office; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) is incorporated in the state of Minnesota and has been operating continuously <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>for at least five years but does not operate a charter school;<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) a Minnesota private college, notwithstanding clause (2), that grants two- or <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>four-year degrees and is registered with the Minnesota Office of Higher Education under <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var>chapter 136A; community college, state university, or technical college governed by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var>Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; or the University <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var>of Minnesota;<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) a nonprofit corporation subject to chapter 317A, described in section 
         <statute_ref>317A.905</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var>and exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var>of 1986, may authorize one or more charter schools if the charter school has operated <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var>for at least three years under a different authorizer and if the nonprofit corporation has <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var>existed for at least 25 years; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) single-purpose authorizers that are charitable, nonsectarian organizations formed <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and incorporated in the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var>of Minnesota whose sole purpose is to charter schools. Eligible organizations interested <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.17"></a><var>29.17</var>in being approved as an authorizer under this paragraph must submit a proposal to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.18"></a><var>29.18</var>commissioner that includes the provisions of paragraph (c) and a five-year financial plan. <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.19"></a><var>29.19</var>Such authorizers shall consider and approve applications using the criteria provided in <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.20"></a><var>29.20</var>subdivision 4 and shall not limit the applications it solicits, considers, or approves to any <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.21"></a><var>29.21</var>single curriculum, learning program, or method.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.22"></a><var>29.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) An eligible authorizer under this subdivision must apply to the commissioner for <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.23"></a><var>29.23</var>approval as an authorizer before submitting any affidavit to the commissioner to charter <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.24"></a><var>29.24</var>a school. The application for approval as a charter school authorizer must demonstrate <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.25"></a><var>29.25</var>the applicant's ability to implement the procedures and satisfy the criteria for chartering a <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.26"></a><var>29.26</var>school under this section. The commissioner must approve or disapprove an application <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.27"></a><var>29.27</var>within 45 business days of the application deadline. If the commissioner disapproves <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.28"></a><var>29.28</var>the application, the commissioner must notify the applicant of the specific deficiencies <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.29"></a><var>29.29</var>in writing and the applicant then has 20 business days to address the deficiencies to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.30"></a><var>29.30</var>commissioner's satisfaction. After the 20 business days expire, the commissioner has 15 <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.31"></a><var>29.31</var>business days to make a final decision to approve or disapprove the application. Failing to <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.32"></a><var>29.32</var>address the deficiencies to the commissioner's satisfaction makes an applicant ineligible to <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.33"></a><var>29.33</var>be an authorizer. The commissioner, in establishing criteria for approval, must consider <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.34"></a><var>29.34</var>the applicant's:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.35"></a><var>29.35</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) capacity and infrastructure;<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.36"></a><var>29.36</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) application criteria and process;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.1"></a><var>30.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) contracting process;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.2"></a><var>30.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) ongoing oversight and evaluation processes; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.3"></a><var>30.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) renewal criteria and processes.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.4"></a><var>30.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) An applicant must include in its application to the commissioner to be an <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.5"></a><var>30.5</var>approved authorizer at least the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.6"></a><var>30.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) how chartering schools is a way for the organization to carry out its mission;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.7"></a><var>30.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) a description of the capacity of the organization to serve as an authorizer, <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.8"></a><var>30.8</var>including the personnel who will perform the authorizing duties, their qualifications, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.9"></a><var>30.9</var>amount of time they will be assigned to this responsibility, and the financial resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.10"></a><var>30.10</var>allocated by the organization to this responsibility;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.11"></a><var>30.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) a description of the application and review process the authorizer will use to <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.12"></a><var>30.12</var>make decisions regarding the granting of charters;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.13"></a><var>30.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) a description of the type of contract it will arrange with the schools it charters <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.14"></a><var>30.14</var>that meets the provisions of subdivision 6;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.15"></a><var>30.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) the process to be used for providing ongoing oversight of the school consistent <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.16"></a><var>30.16</var>with the contract expectations specified in clause (4) that assures that the schools chartered <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.17"></a><var>30.17</var>are complying with both the provisions of applicable law and rules, and with the contract;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.18"></a><var>30.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) a description of the criteria and process the authorizer will use to grant expanded <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.19"></a><var>30.19</var>applications under subdivision 4, paragraph (j);<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.20"></a><var>30.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) the process for making decisions regarding the renewal or termination of <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.21"></a><var>30.21</var>the school's charter based on evidence that demonstrates the academic, organizational, <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.22"></a><var>30.22</var>and financial competency of the school, including its success in increasing student <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.23"></a><var>30.23</var>achievement and meeting the goals of the charter school agreement; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.24"></a><var>30.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) an assurance specifying that the organization is committed to serving as an <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.25"></a><var>30.25</var>authorizer for the full five-year term.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.26"></a><var>30.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) A disapproved applicant under this section may resubmit an application during a <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.27"></a><var>30.27</var>future application period.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.28"></a><var>30.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) If the governing board of an approved authorizer that has chartered multiple <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.29"></a><var>30.29</var>schools votes to withdraw as an approved authorizer for a reason unrelated to any <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.30"></a><var>30.30</var>cause under subdivision 23, the authorizer must notify all its chartered schools and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.31"></a><var>30.31</var>commissioner in writing by July 15 of its intent to withdraw as an authorizer on June 30 in <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.32"></a><var>30.32</var>the next calendar year. The commissioner may approve the transfer of a charter school <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.33"></a><var>30.33</var>to a new authorizer under this paragraph after the new authorizer submits an affidavit to <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.34"></a><var>30.34</var>the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.35"></a><var>30.35</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) The authorizer must participate in department-approved training.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.1"></a><var>31.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) An authorizer that chartered a school before August 1, 2009, must apply by <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.2"></a><var>31.2</var>June 30, 2012, to the commissioner for approval, under paragraph (c), to continue as an <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.3"></a><var>31.3</var>authorizer under this section. For purposes of this paragraph, an authorizer that fails to <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.4"></a><var>31.4</var>submit a timely application is ineligible to charter a school.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.5"></a><var>31.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) The commissioner shall review an authorizer's performance every five years in <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.6"></a><var>31.6</var>a manner and form determined by the commissioner and may review an authorizer's <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.7"></a><var>31.7</var>performance more frequently at the commissioner's own initiative or at the request of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.8"></a><var>31.8</var>charter school operator, charter school board member, or other interested party. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.9"></a><var>31.9</var>commissioner, after completing the review, shall transmit a report with findings to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.10"></a><var>31.10</var>authorizer. If, consistent with this section, the commissioner finds that an authorizer has <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.11"></a><var>31.11</var>not fulfilled the requirements of this section, the commissioner may subject the authorizer <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.12"></a><var>31.12</var>to corrective action, which may include terminating the contract with the charter school <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.13"></a><var>31.13</var>board of directors of a school it chartered. The commissioner must notify the authorizer <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.14"></a><var>31.14</var>in writing of any findings that may subject the authorizer to corrective action and <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.15"></a><var>31.15</var>the authorizer then has 15 business days to request an informal hearing before the <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.16"></a><var>31.16</var>commissioner takes corrective action. If the commissioner terminates a contract between <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.17"></a><var>31.17</var>an authorizer and a charter school under this paragraph, the commissioner may assist the <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.18"></a><var>31.18</var>charter school in acquiring a new authorizer.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.19"></a><var>31.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(j) The commissioner may at any time take corrective action against an authorizer, <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.20"></a><var>31.20</var>including terminating an authorizer's ability to charter a school for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.21"></a><var>31.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) failing to demonstrate the criteria under paragraph (c) under which the <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.22"></a><var>31.22</var>commissioner approved the authorizer;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.23"></a><var>31.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) violating a term of the chartering contract between the authorizer and the charter <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.24"></a><var>31.24</var>school board of directors;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.25"></a><var>31.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) unsatisfactory performance as an approved authorizer; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.26"></a><var>31.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) any good cause shown that provides the commissioner a legally sufficient reason <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.27"></a><var>31.27</var>to take corrective action against an authorizer.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.13.0"></a><a id="pl.31.28"></a><var>31.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 124D.10, subdivision 4, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.29"></a><var>31.29</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.30"></a><var>31.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Formation of school.</b> (a) An authorizer, after receiving an application from <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.31"></a><var>31.31</var>a school developer, may charter a licensed teacher under section 
         <statute_ref>122A.18, subdivision <br />
            		<a id="pl.31.32"></a><var>31.32</var>1
         </statute_ref>, or a group of individuals that includes one or more licensed teachers under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.31.33"></a><var>31.33</var>122A.18, subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>, to operate a school subject to the commissioner's approval of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.34"></a><var>31.34</var>authorizer's affidavit under paragraph (b). The school must be organized and operated as a <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.1"></a><var>32.1</var>nonprofit corporation under chapter 317A and the provisions under the applicable chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.2"></a><var>32.2</var>shall apply to the school except as provided in this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.3"></a><var>32.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding sections 
         <statute_ref>465.717</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>465.719</statute_ref>, a school district, subject to this <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.4"></a><var>32.4</var>section and section 
         <statute_ref>124D.11</statute_ref>, may create a corporation for the purpose of establishing a <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.5"></a><var>32.5</var>charter school.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.6"></a><var>32.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Before the operators may establish and operate a school, the authorizer must file <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.7"></a><var>32.7</var>an affidavit with the commissioner stating its intent to charter a school. An authorizer <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.8"></a><var>32.8</var>must file a separate affidavit for each school it intends to charter. The affidavit must <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.9"></a><var>32.9</var>state the terms and conditions under which the authorizer would charter a school and <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.10"></a><var>32.10</var>how the authorizer intends to oversee the fiscal and student performance of the charter <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.11"></a><var>32.11</var>school and to comply with the terms of the written contract between the authorizer <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.12"></a><var>32.12</var>and the charter school board of directors under subdivision 6. The commissioner must <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.13"></a><var>32.13</var>approve or disapprove the authorizer's affidavit within 60 business days of receipt of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.14"></a><var>32.14</var>affidavit. If the commissioner disapproves the affidavit, the commissioner shall notify <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.15"></a><var>32.15</var>the authorizer of the deficiencies in the affidavit and the authorizer then has 20 business <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.16"></a><var>32.16</var>days to address the deficiencies. If the authorizer does not address deficiencies to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.17"></a><var>32.17</var>commissioner's satisfaction, the commissioner's disapproval is final. Failure to obtain <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.18"></a><var>32.18</var>commissioner approval precludes an authorizer from chartering the school that is the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.19"></a><var>32.19</var>subject of this affidavit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.20"></a><var>32.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The authorizer may prevent an approved charter school from opening for <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.21"></a><var>32.21</var>operation if, among other grounds, the charter school violates this section or does not meet <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.22"></a><var>32.22</var>the ready-to-open standards that are part of the authorizer's oversight and evaluation <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.23"></a><var>32.23</var>process or are stipulated in the charter school contract.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.24"></a><var>32.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The operators authorized to organize and operate a school, before entering into a <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.25"></a><var>32.25</var>contract or other agreement for professional or other services, goods, or facilities, must <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.26"></a><var>32.26</var>incorporate as a nonprofit corporation under chapter 317A and must establish a board of <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.27"></a><var>32.27</var>directors composed of at least five members who are not related parties until a timely <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.28"></a><var>32.28</var>election for members of the ongoing charter school board of directors is held according to <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.29"></a><var>32.29</var>the school's articles and bylaws under paragraph (f). A charter school board of directors <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.30"></a><var>32.30</var>must be composed of at least five members who are not related parties. Staff members <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.31"></a><var>32.31</var>employed at the school, including teachers providing instruction under a contract with a <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.32"></a><var>32.32</var>cooperative, and all parents or legal guardians of children enrolled in the school are the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.33"></a><var>32.33</var>voters eligible to elect the members of the school's board of directors. A charter school <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.34"></a><var>32.34</var>must notify eligible voters of the school board election dates at least 30 days before the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.35"></a><var>32.35</var>election. Board of director meetings must comply with chapter 13D.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.1"></a><var>33.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) Upon the request of an individual, the charter school must make available <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.2"></a><var>33.2</var>in a timely fashion A charter school shall publish and maintain on the school's official <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.3"></a><var>33.3</var>Web site: (1) the minutes of meetings of the board of directors, and of members and <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.4"></a><var>33.4</var>committees having any board-delegated authority;, for at least one calendar year from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.5"></a><var>33.5</var>date of publication; (2) directory information for members of the board of directors and <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.6"></a><var>33.6</var>committees having board-delegated authority; and (3) identifying and contact information <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.7"></a><var>33.7</var>for the school's authorizer. Identifying and contact information for the school's authorizer <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.8"></a><var>33.8</var>must be included in other school materials made available to the public. Upon request of <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.9"></a><var>33.9</var>an individual, the charter school must also make available in a timely fashion financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.10"></a><var>33.10</var>statements showing all operations and transactions affecting income, surplus, and deficit <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.11"></a><var>33.11</var>during the school's last annual accounting period; and a balance sheet summarizing assets <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.12"></a><var>33.12</var>and liabilities on the closing date of the accounting period. A charter school also must post <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.13"></a><var>33.13</var>on its official Web site information identifying its authorizer and indicate how to contact <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.14"></a><var>33.14</var>that authorizer and include that same information about its authorizer in other school <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.15"></a><var>33.15</var>materials that it makes available to the public.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.16"></a><var>33.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) Every charter school board member shall attend department-approved ongoing <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.17"></a><var>33.17</var>training throughout the member's term on board governance, including training on <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.18"></a><var>33.18</var>the board's role and responsibilities, employment policies and practices, and financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.19"></a><var>33.19</var>management. A board member who does not begin the required initial training within six <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.20"></a><var>33.20</var>months after being seated and complete that training within 12 months of being seated on <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.21"></a><var>33.21</var>the board is ineligible to continue to serve as a board member. The school shall include in <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.22"></a><var>33.22</var>its annual report the training attended by each board member during the previous year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.23"></a><var>33.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) The ongoing board must be elected before the school completes its third year of <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.24"></a><var>33.24</var>operation. Board elections must be held during the school year but may not be conducted <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.25"></a><var>33.25</var>on days when the school is closed for holidays or vacations. The charter school board of <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.26"></a><var>33.26</var>directors shall be composed of at least five nonrelated members and include: (i) at least one <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.27"></a><var>33.27</var>licensed teacher employed at the school or a licensed teacher providing instruction under <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.28"></a><var>33.28</var>contract between the charter school and a cooperative; (ii) the parent or legal guardian <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.29"></a><var>33.29</var>of a student enrolled in the charter school who is not an employee of the charter school; <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.30"></a><var>33.30</var>and (iii) an interested community member who is not employed by the charter school and <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.31"></a><var>33.31</var>does not have a child enrolled in the school. The board may be a teacher majority board <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.32"></a><var>33.32</var>composed of teachers described in this paragraph. The chief financial officer and the chief <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.33"></a><var>33.33</var>administrator may only serve as ex-officio nonvoting board members and may not serve <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.34"></a><var>33.34</var>as a voting member of the board. Charter school employees shall not serve on the board <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.35"></a><var>33.35</var>unless item (i) applies. Contractors providing facilities, goods, or services to a charter <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.36"></a><var>33.36</var>school shall not serve on the board of directors of the charter school. Board bylaws shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.1"></a><var>34.1</var>outline the process and procedures for changing the board's governance model, consistent <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.2"></a><var>34.2</var>with chapter 317A. A board may change its governance model only:<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.3"></a><var>34.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) by a majority vote of the board of directors and the licensed teachers employed <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.4"></a><var>34.4</var>by the school, including licensed teachers providing instruction under a contract between <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.5"></a><var>34.5</var>the school and a cooperative; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.6"></a><var>34.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) with the authorizer's approval.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.7"></a><var>34.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any change in board governance must conform with the board structure established <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.8"></a><var>34.8</var>under this paragraph.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.9"></a><var>34.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) The granting or renewal of a charter by an authorizer must not be conditioned <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.10"></a><var>34.10</var>upon the bargaining unit status of the employees of the school.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.11"></a><var>34.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) The granting or renewal of a charter school by an authorizer must not be <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.12"></a><var>34.12</var>contingent on the charter school being required to contract, lease, or purchase services <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.13"></a><var>34.13</var>from the authorizer. Any potential contract, lease, or purchase of service from an <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.14"></a><var>34.14</var>authorizer must be disclosed to the commissioner, accepted through an open bidding <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.15"></a><var>34.15</var>process, and be a separate contract from the charter contract. The school must document <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.16"></a><var>34.16</var>the open bidding process. An authorizer must not enter into a contract to provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.17"></a><var>34.17</var>management and financial services for a school that it authorizes, unless the school <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.18"></a><var>34.18</var>documents that it received at least two competitive bids.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.19"></a><var>34.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(j) An authorizer may permit the board of directors of a charter school to expand <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.20"></a><var>34.20</var>the operation of the charter school to additional sites or to add additional grades at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.21"></a><var>34.21</var>school beyond those described in the authorizer's original affidavit as approved by <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.22"></a><var>34.22</var>the commissioner only after submitting a supplemental affidavit for approval to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.23"></a><var>34.23</var>commissioner in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner. The supplemental <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.24"></a><var>34.24</var>affidavit must document that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.25"></a><var>34.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the proposed expansion plan demonstrates need and projected enrollment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.26"></a><var>34.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the expansion is warranted, at a minimum, by longitudinal data demonstrating <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.27"></a><var>34.27</var>students' improved academic performance and growth on statewide assessments under <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.28"></a><var>34.28</var>chapter 120B;<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.29"></a><var>34.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the charter school is financially sound and the financing it needs to implement <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.30"></a><var>34.30</var>the proposed expansion exists; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.31"></a><var>34.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) the charter school has the governance structure and management capacity to <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.32"></a><var>34.32</var>carry out its expansion.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.33"></a><var>34.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(k) The commissioner shall have 30 business days to review and comment on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.34"></a><var>34.34</var>supplemental affidavit. The commissioner shall notify the authorizer of any deficiencies in <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.35"></a><var>34.35</var>the supplemental affidavit and the authorizer then has 20 business days to address, to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.36"></a><var>34.36</var>commissioner's satisfaction, any deficiencies in the supplemental affidavit. The authorizer <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.1"></a><var>35.1</var>may not give final approval to the school may not to expand grades or add sites until the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.2"></a><var>35.2</var>commissioner has approved the supplemental affidavit. The commissioner's approval or <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.3"></a><var>35.3</var>disapproval of a supplemental affidavit is final completes the review and comment process.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.4"></a><var>35.4</var>(l) A charter school operating under this section may merge with another charter <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.5"></a><var>35.5</var>school. The merger must comply with chapter 317A and section 124D.11, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.6"></a><var>35.6</var>9, paragraph (g). Upon a formal vote of the board of directors of each charter school <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.7"></a><var>35.7</var>involved and written notice of intent to the authorizer of each school, the schools may <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.8"></a><var>35.8</var>negotiate a merger plan that must include at least the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.9"></a><var>35.9</var>(1) a merger budget, a multiyear operating budget for the merged charter school, a <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.10"></a><var>35.10</var>long-range financial plan, and a plan for the transfer of assets and liabilities to the merged <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.11"></a><var>35.11</var>charter school;<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.12"></a><var>35.12</var>(2) a process for transitioning responsibility of governance, administration, and all <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.13"></a><var>35.13</var>operations to the merged charter school;<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.14"></a><var>35.14</var>(3) a statement of academic, student engagement, and organizational operations <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.15"></a><var>35.15</var>goals for the merged charter school; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.16"></a><var>35.16</var>(4) an agreement between involved authorizers on the authorizing plan for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.17"></a><var>35.17</var>merged charter school.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.18"></a><var>35.18</var>The approval of the boards of directors of the merging charter schools, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.19"></a><var>35.19</var>authorizers of those schools, and the authorizer of the merged charter school is required <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.20"></a><var>35.20</var>to adopt the merger plan. After the merger plan is adopted, the authorizer of the merged <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.21"></a><var>35.21</var>charter school must submit the plan to the commissioner for review and comment. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.22"></a><var>35.22</var>commissioner must complete the review and comment of the plan within 30 business days. <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.23"></a><var>35.23</var>The merger may not take effect until the commissioner completes the review and comment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.14.0"></a><a id="pl.35.24"></a><var>35.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 124D.10, subdivision 6, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.25"></a><var>35.25</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.26"></a><var>35.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Charter contract.</b> The authorization for a charter school must be in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.27"></a><var>35.27</var>form of a written contract signed by the authorizer and the board of directors of the charter <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.28"></a><var>35.28</var>school. The contract must be completed within 45 business days of the commissioner's <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.29"></a><var>35.29</var>approval of the authorizer's affidavit. The authorizer shall submit to the commissioner a <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.30"></a><var>35.30</var>copy of the signed charter contract within ten business days of its execution. The contract <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.31"></a><var>35.31</var>for a charter school must be in writing and contain at least the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.32"></a><var>35.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) a declaration of the purposes in subdivision 1 that the school intends to carry out <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.33"></a><var>35.33</var>and how the school will report its implementation of those purposes;<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.34"></a><var>35.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) a description of the school program and the specific academic and nonacademic <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.35"></a><var>35.35</var>outcomes that pupils must achieve;<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.1"></a><var>36.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) a statement of admission policies and procedures;<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.2"></a><var>36.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) a governance, management, and administration plan for the school;<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.3"></a><var>36.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) signed agreements from charter school board members to comply with all <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.4"></a><var>36.4</var>federal and state laws governing organizational, programmatic, and financial requirements <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.5"></a><var>36.5</var>applicable to charter schools;<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.6"></a><var>36.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) the criteria, processes, and procedures that the authorizer will use for ongoing <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.7"></a><var>36.7</var>oversight of operational, financial, and academic performance;<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.8"></a><var>36.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) the performance evaluation that is a prerequisite for reviewing a charter contract <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.9"></a><var>36.9</var>under subdivision 15;<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.10"></a><var>36.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) types and amounts of insurance liability coverage to be obtained by the charter <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.11"></a><var>36.11</var>school;<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.12"></a><var>36.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) consistent with subdivision 25, paragraph (d), a provision to indemnify and hold <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.13"></a><var>36.13</var>harmless the authorizer and its officers, agents, and employees from any suit, claim, <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.14"></a><var>36.14</var>or liability arising from any operation of the charter school, and the commissioner and <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.15"></a><var>36.15</var>department officers, agents, and employees notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>3.736</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.16"></a><var>36.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(10) the term of the initial contract, which may be up to three five years plus an <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.17"></a><var>36.17</var>additional preoperational planning year, and up to five years for a renewed contract or a <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.18"></a><var>36.18</var>contract with a new authorizer after a transfer of authorizers, if warranted by the school's <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.19"></a><var>36.19</var>academic, financial, and operational performance;<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.20"></a><var>36.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(11) how the board of directors or the operators of the charter school will provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.21"></a><var>36.21</var>special instruction and services for children with a disability under sections 
         <statute_ref>125A.03 <br />
            		
         </statute_ref><a id="pl.36.22"></a><var>36.22</var>to 
         <statute_ref>125A.24</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>125A.65</statute_ref>, a description of the financial parameters within which the <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.23"></a><var>36.23</var>charter school will operate to provide the special instruction and services to children <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.24"></a><var>36.24</var>with a disability;<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.25"></a><var>36.25</var>(12) the process the authorizer will use for making decisions regarding the renewal, <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.26"></a><var>36.26</var>termination, and an appeal process of such termination, of the school's charter based on <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.27"></a><var>36.27</var>evidence that demonstrates the academic, organizational, and financial competency of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.28"></a><var>36.28</var>school, including its success in increasing student achievement and meeting the goals <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.29"></a><var>36.29</var>of the charter school agreement;<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.30"></a><var>36.30</var>(13) a dispute resolution process agreed upon by the authorizer and the charter <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.31"></a><var>36.31</var>school that includes at least the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.32"></a><var>36.32</var>(i) a written notice process to invoke the dispute resolution process and a description <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.33"></a><var>36.33</var>of the matter in dispute;<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.34"></a><var>36.34</var>(ii) a time limit for response; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.35"></a><var>36.35</var>(iii) a process for final resolution of the issue in dispute;<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.1"></a><var>37.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(12) (14) the process and criteria the authorizer intends to use to monitor and <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.2"></a><var>37.2</var>evaluate the fiscal and student performance of the charter school, consistent with <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.3"></a><var>37.3</var>subdivision 15; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.4"></a><var>37.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(13) (15) the plan for an orderly closing of the school under chapter 317A, if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.5"></a><var>37.5</var>closure is a termination for cause, a voluntary termination, or a nonrenewal of the contract, <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.6"></a><var>37.6</var>and that includes establishing the responsibilities of the school board of directors and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.7"></a><var>37.7</var>authorizer and notifying the commissioner, authorizer, school district in which the charter <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.8"></a><var>37.8</var>school is located, and parents of enrolled students about the closure, the transfer of student <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.9"></a><var>37.9</var>records to students' resident districts, and procedures for closing financial operations.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.15.0"></a><a id="pl.37.10"></a><var>37.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 124D.10, subdivision 10, <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.11"></a><var>37.11</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.12"></a><var>37.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 10. <b>Pupil performance.</b> (a) A charter school must design its programs to <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.13"></a><var>37.13</var>at least meet the outcomes adopted by the commissioner for public school students. In <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.14"></a><var>37.14</var>the absence of the commissioner's requirements, the school must meet the outcomes <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.15"></a><var>37.15</var>contained in the contract with the authorizer. The achievement levels of the outcomes <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.16"></a><var>37.16</var>contained in the contract may exceed the achievement levels of any outcomes adopted by <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.17"></a><var>37.17</var>the commissioner for public school students.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.18"></a><var>37.18</var>(b) A charter school where 70 percent or more of enrolled students are eligible to <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.19"></a><var>37.19</var>participate in the graduation incentives program under section 124D.68 is deemed an area <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.20"></a><var>37.20</var>learning center for the purpose of evaluating student and school academic performance <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.21"></a><var>37.21</var>outcomes and determining a school graduation rate.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.22"></a><var>37.22</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.16.0"></a><a id="pl.37.23"></a><var>37.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 124D.10, subdivision 11, <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.24"></a><var>37.24</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.25"></a><var>37.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 11. <b>Employment and other operating matters.</b> (a) A charter school must <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.26"></a><var>37.26</var>employ or contract with necessary teachers, as defined by section 
         <statute_ref>122A.15, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.27"></a><var>37.27</var>who hold valid licenses to perform the particular service for which they are employed in <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.28"></a><var>37.28</var>the school. The charter school's state aid may be reduced under section 
         <statute_ref>127A.43 </statute_ref>if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.29"></a><var>37.29</var>school employs a teacher who is not appropriately licensed or approved by the board of <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.30"></a><var>37.30</var>teaching. The school may employ necessary employees who are not required to hold <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.31"></a><var>37.31</var>teaching licenses to perform duties other than teaching and may contract for other services. <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.32"></a><var>37.32</var>The school may discharge teachers and nonlicensed employees. The charter school board <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.33"></a><var>37.33</var>is subject to section 
         <statute_ref>181.932</statute_ref>. When offering employment to a prospective employee, a <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.1"></a><var>38.1</var>charter school must give that employee a written description of the terms and conditions <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.2"></a><var>38.2</var>of employment and the school's personnel policies.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.3"></a><var>38.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A person, without holding a valid administrator's license, may perform <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.4"></a><var>38.4</var>administrative, supervisory, or instructional leadership duties. The board of directors shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.5"></a><var>38.5</var>establish qualifications for persons that hold administrative, supervisory, or instructional <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.6"></a><var>38.6</var>leadership roles. The qualifications shall include at least the following areas: instruction <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.7"></a><var>38.7</var>and assessment; human resource and personnel management; financial management; <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.8"></a><var>38.8</var>legal and compliance management; effective communication; and board, authorizer, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.9"></a><var>38.9</var>community relationships. The board of directors shall use those qualifications as the basis <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.10"></a><var>38.10</var>for job descriptions, hiring, and performance evaluations of those who hold administrative, <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.11"></a><var>38.11</var>supervisory, or instructional leadership roles. The board of directors and an individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.12"></a><var>38.12</var>who does not hold a valid administrative license and who serves in an administrative, <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.13"></a><var>38.13</var>supervisory, or instructional leadership position shall develop a professional development <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.14"></a><var>38.14</var>plan. Documentation of the implementation of the professional development plan of these <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.15"></a><var>38.15</var>persons shall be included in the school's annual report.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.16"></a><var>38.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The board of directors also shall decide matters related to the operation of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.17"></a><var>38.17</var>school, including budgeting, curriculum and operating procedures.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.18"></a><var>38.18</var>(d) The board of directors shall adopt and implement a performance evaluation <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.19"></a><var>38.19</var>process for all employees of the school. The performance evaluation process for teachers <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.20"></a><var>38.20</var>and administrators must be designed to support and improve pupil learning and student <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.21"></a><var>38.21</var>achievement, instructional leadership, and enhancing school outcomes, and must be linked <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.22"></a><var>38.22</var>to professional development.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.17.0"></a><a id="pl.38.23"></a><var>38.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 124D.10, subdivision 13, <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.24"></a><var>38.24</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.25"></a><var>38.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 13. <b>Length of school year.</b> A charter school must provide instruction each <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.26"></a><var>38.26</var>year for at least the number of days hours required by section 
         <statute_ref>120A.41</statute_ref>. It may provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.27"></a><var>38.27</var>instruction throughout the year according to sections 
         <statute_ref>124D.12</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>124D.127</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>124D.128</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.18.0"></a><a id="pl.38.28"></a><var>38.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 124D.10, subdivision 14, <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.29"></a><var>38.29</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.30"></a><var>38.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 14. <b>Annual public reports.</b> A charter school must publish an annual report <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.31"></a><var>38.31</var>approved by the board of directors. The annual report must at least include information <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.32"></a><var>38.32</var>on school enrollment, student attrition, governance and management, staffing, finances, <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.33"></a><var>38.33</var>academic performance, operational performance, innovative practices and implementation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.34"></a><var>38.34</var>and future plans. A charter school must distribute the annual report by publication, mail, <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.1"></a><var>39.1</var>or electronic means to the commissioner, authorizer, school employees, and parents and <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.2"></a><var>39.2</var>legal guardians of students enrolled in the charter school and must also post the report on <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.3"></a><var>39.3</var>the charter school's official Web site. The reports are public data under chapter 13.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.19.0"></a><a id="pl.39.4"></a><var>39.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 124D.10, subdivision 15, <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.5"></a><var>39.5</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.6"></a><var>39.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 15. <b>Review and comment.</b> (a) The authorizer shall provide a formal written <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.7"></a><var>39.7</var>evaluation of the school's performance before the authorizer renews the charter contract. <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.8"></a><var>39.8</var>The department must review and comment on the authorizer's evaluation process at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.9"></a><var>39.9</var>time the authorizer submits its application for approval and each time the authorizer <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.10"></a><var>39.10</var>undergoes its five-year review under subdivision 3, paragraph (e).<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.11"></a><var>39.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) An authorizer shall monitor and evaluate the fiscal, operational, and student <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.12"></a><var>39.12</var>performance of the school, and may for this purpose annually assess a charter school <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.13"></a><var>39.13</var>a fee according to paragraph (c). The agreed-upon fee structure must be stated in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.14"></a><var>39.14</var>charter school contract.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.15"></a><var>39.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The fee that each charter school pays to an authorizer each year is the greater of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.16"></a><var>39.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the basic formula allowance for that year; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.17"></a><var>39.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the lesser of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.18"></a><var>39.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) the maximum fee factor times the basic formula allowance for that year; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.19"></a><var>39.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) the fee factor times the basic formula allowance for that year times the charter <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.20"></a><var>39.20</var>school's adjusted marginal cost pupil units for that year. The fee factor equals .005 in fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.21"></a><var>39.21</var>year 2010, .01 in fiscal year 2011, .013 in fiscal year 2012, and .015 in fiscal years 2013 <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.22"></a><var>39.22</var>and later. The maximum fee factor equals 1.5 in fiscal year 2010, 2.0 in fiscal year 2011, <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.23"></a><var>39.23</var>3.0 in fiscal year 2012, and 4.0 in fiscal years 2013 and later.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.24"></a><var>39.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The department and any charter school it charters must not assess or pay a fee <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.25"></a><var>39.25</var>under paragraphs (b) and (c) An authorizer may not assess a fee for any required services <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.26"></a><var>39.26</var>other than as provided in this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.27"></a><var>39.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) For the preoperational planning period, the authorizer may assess a charter school <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.28"></a><var>39.28</var>a fee equal to the basic formula allowance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.29"></a><var>39.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) By September 30 of each year, an authorizer shall submit to the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.30"></a><var>39.30</var>a statement of expenditures related to chartering activities during the previous school <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.31"></a><var>39.31</var>year ending June 30. A copy of the statement shall be given to all schools chartered by <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.32"></a><var>39.32</var>the authorizer.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.20.0"></a><a id="pl.39.33"></a><var>39.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 124D.10, subdivision 17a, <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.34"></a><var>39.34</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.1"></a><var>40.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 17a. <b>Affiliated nonprofit building corporation.</b> (a) Before a charter school <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.2"></a><var>40.2</var>may organize an affiliated nonprofit building corporation (i) to renovate or purchase an <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.3"></a><var>40.3</var>existing facility to serve as a school or (ii) to construct a new school facility, an authorizer <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.4"></a><var>40.4</var>must submit an affidavit to the commissioner for approval in the form and manner the <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.5"></a><var>40.5</var>commissioner prescribes, and consistent with paragraphs (b) and (c) or (d).<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.6"></a><var>40.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) An affiliated nonprofit building corporation under this subdivision must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.7"></a><var>40.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) be incorporated under section 317A and comply with applicable Internal <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.8"></a><var>40.8</var>Revenue Service regulations;<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.9"></a><var>40.9</var>(2) comply with applicable Internal Revenue Service regulations, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.10"></a><var>40.10</var>regulations for "supporting organizations" as defined by the Internal Revenue Service;<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.11"></a><var>40.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) (3) submit to the commissioner each fiscal year a list of current board members <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.12"></a><var>40.12</var>and a copy of its annual audit; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.13"></a><var>40.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) (4) comply with government data practices law under chapter 13.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.14"></a><var>40.14</var>An affiliated nonprofit building corporation must not serve as the leasing agent for <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.15"></a><var>40.15</var>property or facilities it does not own. A charter school that leases a facility from an <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.16"></a><var>40.16</var>affiliated nonprofit building corporation that does not own the leased facility is ineligible <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.17"></a><var>40.17</var>to receive charter school lease aid. The state is immune from liability resulting from a <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.18"></a><var>40.18</var>contract between a charter school and an affiliated nonprofit building corporation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.19"></a><var>40.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) A charter school may organize an affiliated nonprofit building corporation to <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.20"></a><var>40.20</var>renovate or purchase an existing facility to serve as a school if the charter school:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.21"></a><var>40.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) has been operating for at least five consecutive school years;<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.22"></a><var>40.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) has had a net positive unreserved general fund balance as of June 30 in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.23"></a><var>40.23</var>preceding five fiscal years;<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.24"></a><var>40.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) has a long-range strategic and financial plan;<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.25"></a><var>40.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) completes a feasibility study of available buildings; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.26"></a><var>40.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) documents enrollment projections and the need to use an affiliated building <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.27"></a><var>40.27</var>corporation to renovate or purchase an existing facility to serve as a school; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.28"></a><var>40.28</var>(6) has a plan for the renovation or purchase, which describes the parameters and <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.29"></a><var>40.29</var>budget for the project.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.30"></a><var>40.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) A charter school may organize an affiliated nonprofit building corporation to <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.31"></a><var>40.31</var>expand an existing school facility or construct a new school facility if the charter school:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.32"></a><var>40.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) demonstrates the lack of facilities available to serve as a school;<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.33"></a><var>40.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) has been operating for at least eight consecutive school years;<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.34"></a><var>40.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) has had a net positive unreserved general fund balance as of June 30 in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.35"></a><var>40.35</var>preceding eight five fiscal years;<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.36"></a><var>40.36</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) completes a feasibility study of facility options;<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.1"></a><var>41.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) has a long-range strategic and financial plan that includes enrollment projections <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.2"></a><var>41.2</var>and demonstrates the need for constructing a new school facility; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.3"></a><var>41.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) has a plan for the expansion or new school facility, which describes the <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.4"></a><var>41.4</var>parameters and budget for the project.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.5"></a><var>41.5</var>(e) A charter school or an affiliated nonprofit building corporation organized by a <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.6"></a><var>41.6</var>charter school must not initiate an installment contract for purchase, or a lease agreement, <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.7"></a><var>41.7</var>or solicit bids for new construction, expansion, or remodeling of an educational facility <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.8"></a><var>41.8</var>that requires an expenditure in excess of $1,400,000, unless it meets the criteria in <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.9"></a><var>41.9</var>paragraph (b) and paragraph (c) or (d), as applicable, and receives a positive review and <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.10"></a><var>41.10</var>comment from the commissioner under section 
         <statute_ref>123B.71</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.21.0"></a><a id="pl.41.11"></a><var>41.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 124D.10, subdivision 23, <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.12"></a><var>41.12</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.13"></a><var>41.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 23. <b>Causes for nonrenewal or termination of charter school contract.</b> (a) <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.14"></a><var>41.14</var>The duration of the contract with an authorizer must be for the term contained in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.15"></a><var>41.15</var>contract according to subdivision 6. The authorizer may or may not renew a contract at <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.16"></a><var>41.16</var>the end of the term for any ground listed in paragraph (b). An authorizer may unilaterally <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.17"></a><var>41.17</var>terminate a contract during the term of the contract for any ground listed in paragraph (b). <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.18"></a><var>41.18</var>At least 60 business days before not renewing or terminating a contract, the authorizer <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.19"></a><var>41.19</var>shall notify the board of directors of the charter school of the proposed action in writing. <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.20"></a><var>41.20</var>The notice shall state the grounds for the proposed action in reasonable detail and that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.21"></a><var>41.21</var>charter school's board of directors may request in writing an informal hearing before the <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.22"></a><var>41.22</var>authorizer within 15 business days of receiving notice of nonrenewal or termination of <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.23"></a><var>41.23</var>the contract. Failure by the board of directors to make a written request for an informal <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.24"></a><var>41.24</var>hearing within the 15-business-day period shall be treated as acquiescence to the proposed <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.25"></a><var>41.25</var>action. Upon receiving a timely written request for a hearing, the authorizer shall give ten <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.26"></a><var>41.26</var>business days' notice to the charter school's board of directors of the hearing date. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.27"></a><var>41.27</var>authorizer shall conduct an informal hearing before taking final action. The authorizer <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.28"></a><var>41.28</var>shall take final action to renew or not renew a contract no later than 20 business days <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.29"></a><var>41.29</var>before the proposed date for terminating the contract or the end date of the contract.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.30"></a><var>41.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A contract may be terminated or not renewed upon any of the following grounds:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.31"></a><var>41.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) failure to meet the requirements for pupil performance contained in the contract;<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.32"></a><var>41.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) failure to meet generally accepted standards of fiscal management;<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.33"></a><var>41.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) violations of law; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.34"></a><var>41.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) other good cause shown.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.1"></a><var>42.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If a contract is terminated or not renewed under this paragraph, the school must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.2"></a><var>42.2</var>dissolved according to the applicable provisions of chapter 317A.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.3"></a><var>42.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) If the authorizer and the charter school board of directors mutually agree to <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.4"></a><var>42.4</var>terminate or not renew the contract, for reasons other than paragraph (b), a change in <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.5"></a><var>42.5</var>transfer of authorizers is allowed if the commissioner approves the change to a different <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.6"></a><var>42.6</var>eligible authorizer to authorize the charter school. Both parties at the end of the current <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.7"></a><var>42.7</var>contract with the consent of the current authorizer and after review and comment of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.8"></a><var>42.8</var>commissioner. The school and current authorizer must jointly submit their intent in writing <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.9"></a><var>42.9</var>to the commissioner to mutually terminate the contract. The authorizer that is a party to <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.10"></a><var>42.10</var>the existing contract must inform the proposed authorizer about the fiscal and operational <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.11"></a><var>42.11</var>status and, student performance level, and any unresolved issues related to the contract <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.12"></a><var>42.12</var>or oversight of the school. Before the commissioner determines whether to approve a <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.13"></a><var>42.13</var>change in authorizer, the proposed authorizer must identify any outstanding issues in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.14"></a><var>42.14</var>proposed charter contract that were unresolved in the previous charter contract and have <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.15"></a><var>42.15</var>the charter school agree to resolve those issues. If no change in authorizer is approved, <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.16"></a><var>42.16</var>the school must be dissolved according to applicable law and the terms of the contract. <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.17"></a><var>42.17</var>The proposed authorizer must submit to the commissioner a copy of the proposed new <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.18"></a><var>42.18</var>contract for comment and review. The contract must identify all unresolved contract or <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.19"></a><var>42.19</var>oversight issues that exist and include a plan that the charter school and authorizer have <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.20"></a><var>42.20</var>agreed upon to resolve those issues. The commissioner shall have 20 business days to <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.21"></a><var>42.21</var>conduct the review and comment of the contract. The transfer may not go into effect until <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.22"></a><var>42.22</var>the review and comment of the commissioner is completed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.23"></a><var>42.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The commissioner, after providing reasonable notice to the board of directors of <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.24"></a><var>42.24</var>a charter school and the existing authorizer, and after providing an opportunity for a public <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.25"></a><var>42.25</var>hearing, may terminate the existing contract between the authorizer and the charter school <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.26"></a><var>42.26</var>board if the charter school has a history of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.27"></a><var>42.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) failure to meet pupil performance requirements consistent with state law;<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.28"></a><var>42.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) financial mismanagement or failure to meet generally accepted standards of <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.29"></a><var>42.29</var>fiscal management; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.30"></a><var>42.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) repeated or major violations of the law.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.22.0"></a><a id="pl.42.31"></a><var>42.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 124D.10, subdivision 25, <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.32"></a><var>42.32</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.33"></a><var>42.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 25. <b>Extent of specific legal authority.</b> (a) The board of directors of a charter <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.34"></a><var>42.34</var>school may sue and be sued.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.35"></a><var>42.35</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The board may not levy taxes or issue bonds.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.1"></a><var>43.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The commissioner, an authorizer, members of the board of an authorizer in <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.2"></a><var>43.2</var>their official capacity, and employees of an authorizer are immune from civil or criminal <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.3"></a><var>43.3</var>liability with respect to all activities related to a charter school they approve or authorize. <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.4"></a><var>43.4</var>The board of directors shall obtain at least the amount of and types of insurance up to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.5"></a><var>43.5</var>applicable tort liability limits under chapter 466. The charter school board must submit <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.6"></a><var>43.6</var>a copy of the insurance policy to its authorizer and the commissioner before starting <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.7"></a><var>43.7</var>operations. The charter school board must submit notify its authorizer of changes in its <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.8"></a><var>43.8</var>insurance carrier or policy to its authorizer and the commissioner amount limits within <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.9"></a><var>43.9</var>20 business days of the change.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.10"></a><var>43.10</var>(d) Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>3.736</statute_ref>, the charter school shall assume full liability for <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.11"></a><var>43.11</var>its activities and indemnify and hold harmless the authorizer and its officers, agents, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.12"></a><var>43.12</var>employees from any suit, claim, or liability arising from any operation of the charter school <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.13"></a><var>43.13</var>and the commissioner and department officers, agents, and employees. A charter school <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.14"></a><var>43.14</var>is not required to indemnify or hold harmless a state employee if the state would not be <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.15"></a><var>43.15</var>required to indemnify and hold the employee harmless under section 
         <statute_ref>3.736, subdivision 9</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.23.0"></a><a id="pl.43.16"></a><var>43.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 124D.10, is amended by adding <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.17"></a><var>43.17</var>a subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.18"></a><var>43.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 27. <b>Collaboration between charter school and school district.</b> (a) A charter <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.19"></a><var>43.19</var>school board may voluntarily enter into a two-year, renewable agreement for collaboration <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.20"></a><var>43.20</var>to enhance student achievement with a school district within whose geographic boundary <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.21"></a><var>43.21</var>it operates.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.22"></a><var>43.22</var>(b) A school district need not be an approved authorizer to enter into a collaboration <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.23"></a><var>43.23</var>agreement with a charter school. A charter school need not be authorized by the school <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.24"></a><var>43.24</var>district with which it seeks to collaborate.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.25"></a><var>43.25</var>(c) A charter school authorizer is prohibited from requiring a collaboration agreement <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.26"></a><var>43.26</var>as a condition of entering into or renewing a charter contract as defined in subdivision 6.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.27"></a><var>43.27</var>(d) Nothing in this subdivision or in the collaboration agreement may impact in any <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.28"></a><var>43.28</var>way, the authority or autonomy of the charter school.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.29"></a><var>43.29</var>(e) Nothing in this subdivision or in the collaboration agreement shall cause the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.30"></a><var>43.30</var>to pay twice for the same student, service or facility or otherwise impact state funding, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.31"></a><var>43.31</var>the flow thereof, to the school district or the charter school.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.32"></a><var>43.32</var>(f) The collaboration agreement may include, but need not be limited to, <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.33"></a><var>43.33</var>collaboration regarding facilities, transportation, training, student achievement, <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.34"></a><var>43.34</var>assessments, mutual performance standards and other areas of mutual agreement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.1"></a><var>44.1</var>(g) The school district shall include the academic performance of the students of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.2"></a><var>44.2</var>collaborative charter school site operating within the geographic boundaries of the school <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.3"></a><var>44.3</var>district, for purposes of student assessment and reporting to the state.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.24.0"></a><a id="pl.44.4"></a><var>44.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 124D.4531, subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.5"></a><var>44.5</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.6"></a><var>44.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Career and technical levy.</b> (a) A district with a career and technical <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.7"></a><var>44.7</var>program approved under this section for the fiscal year in which the levy is certified <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.8"></a><var>44.8</var>may levy an amount equal to the greater of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.9"></a><var>44.9</var>(1) $80 times the district's average daily membership in grades 9 through 12 for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.10"></a><var>44.10</var>fiscal year in which the levy is certified; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.11"></a><var>44.11</var>(2) 35 percent of approved expenditures in the fiscal year in which the levy is <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.12"></a><var>44.12</var>certified for the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.13"></a><var>44.13</var>(i) salaries paid to essential, licensed personnel providing direct instructional <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.14"></a><var>44.14</var>services to students in that fiscal year, including extended contracts, for services rendered <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.15"></a><var>44.15</var>in the district's approved career and technical education programs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.16"></a><var>44.16</var>(ii) contracted services provided by a public or private agency other than a Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.17"></a><var>44.17</var>school district or cooperative center under subdivision 7;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.18"></a><var>44.18</var>(iii) necessary travel between instructional sites by licensed career and technical <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.19"></a><var>44.19</var>education personnel;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.20"></a><var>44.20</var>(iv) necessary travel by licensed career and technical education personnel for <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.21"></a><var>44.21</var>vocational student organization activities held within the state for instructional purposes;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.22"></a><var>44.22</var>(v) curriculum development activities that are part of a five-year plan for <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.23"></a><var>44.23</var>improvement based on program assessment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.24"></a><var>44.24</var>(vi) necessary travel by licensed career and technical education personnel for <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.25"></a><var>44.25</var>noncollegiate credit-bearing professional development; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.26"></a><var>44.26</var>(vii) specialized vocational instructional supplies.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.27"></a><var>44.27</var>(b) Up to ten percent of a district's career and technical levy may be spent on <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.28"></a><var>44.28</var>equipment purchases. Districts using the career and technical levy for equipment <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.29"></a><var>44.29</var>purchases must report to the department on the improved learning opportunities for <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.30"></a><var>44.30</var>students that result from the investment in equipment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.31"></a><var>44.31</var>(c) The district must recognize the full amount of this levy as revenue for the fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.32"></a><var>44.32</var>year in which it is certified.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.33"></a><var>44.33</var>(d) The amount of the levy certified under this subdivision may not exceed <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.34"></a><var>44.34</var>$17,850,000 for taxes payable in 2012, $15,520,000 $18,549,000 for taxes payable in <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.35"></a><var>44.35</var>2013, and $15,545,000 $21,810,000 for taxes payable in 2014.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.1"></a><var>45.1</var>(e) If the estimated levy exceeds the amount in paragraph (d), the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.2"></a><var>45.2</var>must reduce the percentage in paragraph (a), clause (2), until the estimated levy no longer <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.3"></a><var>45.3</var>exceeds the limit in paragraph (d).<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.4"></a><var>45.4</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for taxes payable in 2013 and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.25.0"></a><a id="pl.45.5"></a><var>45.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 124D.98, subdivision 2, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.6"></a><var>45.6</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.7"></a><var>45.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Proficiency aid.</b> In fiscal year 2013 and later, the proficiency aid for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.8"></a><var>45.8</var>school is equal to the product of the school's proficiency allowance times the number <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.9"></a><var>45.9</var>of third grade pupils at the school on October 1 of the previous fiscal year. A school's <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.10"></a><var>45.10</var>proficiency allowance is equal to the percentage of students in each building that meet <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.11"></a><var>45.11</var>or exceed proficiency on the third grade reading Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment, <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.12"></a><var>45.12</var>averaged across the previous three test administrations, times $85 $530.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.26.0"></a><a id="pl.45.13"></a><var>45.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 124D.98, subdivision 3, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.14"></a><var>45.14</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.15"></a><var>45.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Growth aid.</b> In fiscal year 2013 and later, the growth aid for each school is <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.16"></a><var>45.16</var>equal to the product of the school's growth allowance times the number of fourth grade <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.17"></a><var>45.17</var>pupils enrolled at the school on October 1 of the previous fiscal year. A school's growth <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.18"></a><var>45.18</var>allowance is equal to the percentage of students at that school making medium or high <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.19"></a><var>45.19</var>growth, under section 
         <statute_ref>120B.299</statute_ref>, on the fourth grade reading Minnesota Comprehensive <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.20"></a><var>45.20</var>Assessment, averaged across the previous three test administrations, times $85 $530.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.27.0"></a><a id="pl.45.21"></a><var>45.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 126C.40, subdivision 1, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.22"></a><var>45.22</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.23"></a><var>45.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>To lease building or land.</b> (a) When an independent or a special <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.24"></a><var>45.24</var>school district or a group of independent or special school districts finds it economically <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.25"></a><var>45.25</var>advantageous to rent or lease a building or land for any instructional purposes or for <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.26"></a><var>45.26</var>school storage or furniture repair, and it determines that the operating capital revenue <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.27"></a><var>45.27</var>authorized under section 
         <statute_ref>126C.10, subdivision 13</statute_ref>, is insufficient for this purpose, it may <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.28"></a><var>45.28</var>apply to the commissioner for permission to make an additional capital expenditure levy <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.29"></a><var>45.29</var>for this purpose. An application for permission to levy under this subdivision must contain <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.30"></a><var>45.30</var>financial justification for the proposed levy, the terms and conditions of the proposed <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.31"></a><var>45.31</var>lease, and a description of the space to be leased and its proposed use.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.32"></a><var>45.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The criteria for approval of applications to levy under this subdivision must <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.33"></a><var>45.33</var>include: the reasonableness of the price, the appropriateness of the space to the proposed <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.1"></a><var>46.1</var>activity, the feasibility of transporting pupils to the leased building or land, conformity <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.2"></a><var>46.2</var>of the lease to the laws and rules of the state of Minnesota, and the appropriateness of <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.3"></a><var>46.3</var>the proposed lease to the space needs and the financial condition of the district. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.4"></a><var>46.4</var>commissioner must not authorize a levy under this subdivision in an amount greater than <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.5"></a><var>46.5</var>the cost to the district of renting or leasing a building or land for approved purposes. <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.6"></a><var>46.6</var>The proceeds of this levy must not be used for custodial or other maintenance services. <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.7"></a><var>46.7</var>A district may not levy under this subdivision for the purpose of leasing or renting a <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.8"></a><var>46.8</var>district-owned building or site to itself.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.9"></a><var>46.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) For agreements finalized after July 1, 1997, a district may not levy under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.10"></a><var>46.10</var>subdivision for the purpose of leasing: (1) a newly constructed building used primarily <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.11"></a><var>46.11</var>for regular kindergarten, elementary, or secondary instruction; or (2) a newly constructed <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.12"></a><var>46.12</var>building addition or additions used primarily for regular kindergarten, elementary, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.13"></a><var>46.13</var>secondary instruction that contains more than 20 percent of the square footage of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.14"></a><var>46.14</var>previously existing building.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.15"></a><var>46.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), a district may levy under this subdivision for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.16"></a><var>46.16</var>purpose of leasing or renting a district-owned building or site to itself only if the amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.17"></a><var>46.17</var>is needed by the district to make payments required by a lease purchase agreement, <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.18"></a><var>46.18</var>installment purchase agreement, or other deferred payments agreement authorized by law, <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.19"></a><var>46.19</var>and the levy meets the requirements of paragraph (c). A levy authorized for a district by <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.20"></a><var>46.20</var>the commissioner under this paragraph may be in the amount needed by the district to <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.21"></a><var>46.21</var>make payments required by a lease purchase agreement, installment purchase agreement, <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.22"></a><var>46.22</var>or other deferred payments agreement authorized by law, provided that any agreement <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.23"></a><var>46.23</var>include a provision giving the school districts the right to terminate the agreement <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.24"></a><var>46.24</var>annually without penalty.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.25"></a><var>46.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) The total levy under this subdivision for a district for any year must not exceed <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.26"></a><var>46.26</var>$150 times the resident pupil units for the fiscal year to which the levy is attributable.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.27"></a><var>46.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) For agreements for which a review and comment have been submitted to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.28"></a><var>46.28</var>Department of Education after April 1, 1998, the term "instructional purpose" as used in <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.29"></a><var>46.29</var>this subdivision excludes expenditures on stadiums.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.30"></a><var>46.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) The commissioner of education may authorize a school district to exceed the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.31"></a><var>46.31</var>limit in paragraph (e) if the school district petitions the commissioner for approval. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.32"></a><var>46.32</var>commissioner shall grant approval to a school district to exceed the limit in paragraph (e) <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.33"></a><var>46.33</var>for not more than five years if the district meets the following criteria:<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.34"></a><var>46.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the school district has been experiencing pupil enrollment growth in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.35"></a><var>46.35</var>preceding five years;<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.36"></a><var>46.36</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the purpose of the increased levy is in the long-term public interest;<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.1"></a><var>47.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the purpose of the increased levy promotes colocation of government services; <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.2"></a><var>47.2</var>and<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.3"></a><var>47.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) the purpose of the increased levy is in the long-term interest of the district by <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.4"></a><var>47.4</var>avoiding over construction of school facilities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.5"></a><var>47.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) A school district that is a member of an intermediate school district may include <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.6"></a><var>47.6</var>in its authority under this section the costs associated with leases of administrative and <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.7"></a><var>47.7</var>classroom space for intermediate school district programs. This authority must not exceed <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.8"></a><var>47.8</var>$43 times the adjusted marginal cost pupil units of the member districts. This authority is <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.9"></a><var>47.9</var>in addition to any other authority authorized under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.10"></a><var>47.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) In addition to the allowable capital levies in paragraph (a), for taxes payable in <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.11"></a><var>47.11</var>2012 to 2023, a district that is a member of the "Technology and Information Education <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.12"></a><var>47.12</var>Systems" data processing joint board, that finds it economically advantageous to enter into <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.13"></a><var>47.13</var>a lease agreement to finance improvements to a building and land for a group of school <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.14"></a><var>47.14</var>districts or special school districts for staff development purposes, may levy for its portion <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.15"></a><var>47.15</var>of lease costs attributed to the district within the total levy limit in paragraph (e). The total <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.16"></a><var>47.16</var>levy authority under this paragraph shall not exceed $632,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.17"></a><var>47.17</var>(j) In addition to the allowable capital levies in paragraph (a), a school district <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.18"></a><var>47.18</var>that is a member of the St. Croix River Education District that finds it economically <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.19"></a><var>47.19</var>advantageous to enter into a lease purchase agreement for a building and land for the St. <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.20"></a><var>47.20</var>Croix River Education District may levy for its portion of lease costs attributed to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.21"></a><var>47.21</var>district within the total levy limit in paragraph (e). The authority under this paragraph is <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.22"></a><var>47.22</var>effective for taxes payable in 2013 to 2028.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.23"></a><var>47.23</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for taxes payable in 2013 and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.28.0"></a><a id="pl.47.24"></a><var>47.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 28. Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 11, article 2, section 50, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.25"></a><var>47.25</var>16, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.26"></a><var>47.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 16. <b>Student organizations.</b> For student organizations:<br />
         		
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               <td><a id="pl.47.27"></a><var>47.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">725,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2012<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.47.28"></a><var>47.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">725,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2013<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.47.29"></a><var>47.29</var>$49,000 each year is for student organizations serving health occupations (HUSA) <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.30"></a><var>47.30</var>(HOSA).<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.31"></a><var>47.31</var>$46,000 each year is for student organizations serving service occupations (HERO).<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.32"></a><var>47.32</var>$106,000 each year is for student organizations serving trade and industry <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.33"></a><var>47.33</var>occupations (SkillsUSA, secondary and postsecondary).<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.34"></a><var>47.34</var>$101,000 each year is for student organizations serving business occupations <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.35"></a><var>47.35</var>(DECA, BPA, secondary and postsecondary).<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.1"></a><var>48.1</var>$158,000 each year is for student organizations serving agriculture occupations <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.2"></a><var>48.2</var>(FFA, PAS).<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.3"></a><var>48.3</var>$150,000 each year is for student organizations serving family and consumer science <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.4"></a><var>48.4</var>occupations (FCCLA).<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.5"></a><var>48.5</var>$115,000 each year is for student organizations serving marketing occupations <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.6"></a><var>48.6</var>(DEX) (DECA, DECA Collegiate).<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.7"></a><var>48.7</var>Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.29.0"></a><a id="pl.48.8"></a><var>48.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 29. <b>LEASE LEVY; ADMINISTRATIVE SPACE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.48.9"></a><var>48.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Faribault.</b> Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.40, <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.10"></a><var>48.10</var>subdivision 1, Independent School District No. 656, Faribault, may lease administrative <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.11"></a><var>48.11</var>space under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.40, subdivision 1, if the district can <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.12"></a><var>48.12</var>demonstrate to the satisfaction of the commissioner of education that the administrative <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.13"></a><var>48.13</var>space is less expensive than instructional space that the district would otherwise lease. <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.14"></a><var>48.14</var>The commissioner must deny this levy authority unless the district passes a resolution <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.15"></a><var>48.15</var>stating its intent to lease instructional space under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.40, <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.16"></a><var>48.16</var>subdivision 1, if the commissioner does not grant authority under this section. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.17"></a><var>48.17</var>resolution must also certify that a lease of administrative space under this section is less <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.18"></a><var>48.18</var>expensive than the district's proposed instructional lease. Levy authority under this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.19"></a><var>48.19</var>shall not exceed the total levy authority under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.40, <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.20"></a><var>48.20</var>subdivision 1, paragraph (e).<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.21"></a><var>48.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Wayzata.</b> Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.40, <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.22"></a><var>48.22</var>subdivision 1, Independent School District No. 284, Wayzata, may lease administrative <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.23"></a><var>48.23</var>space under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.40, subdivision 1, if the district can <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.24"></a><var>48.24</var>demonstrate to the satisfaction of the commissioner of education that the administrative <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.25"></a><var>48.25</var>space is less expensive than instructional space that the district would otherwise lease. <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.26"></a><var>48.26</var>The commissioner must deny this levy authority unless the district passes a resolution <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.27"></a><var>48.27</var>stating its intent to lease instructional space under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.40, <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.28"></a><var>48.28</var>subdivision 1, if the commissioner does not grant authority under this section. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.29"></a><var>48.29</var>resolution must also certify that a lease of administrative space under this section is less <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.30"></a><var>48.30</var>expensive than the district's proposed instructional lease. Levy authority under this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.31"></a><var>48.31</var>shall not exceed the total levy authority under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.40, <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.32"></a><var>48.32</var>subdivision 1, paragraph (e).<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.33"></a><var>48.33</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for taxes payable in 2013 and later.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.30.0"></a><a id="pl.48.34"></a><var>48.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 30. <b> REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.49.1"></a><var>49.1</var>Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 120A.28; 120B.019; 120B.31, subdivision 3; <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.2"></a><var>49.2</var>121A.60, subdivisions 3 and 4; 121A.62; 121A.63; and 122A.18, subdivision 9, are <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.3"></a><var>49.3</var>repealed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.49.4"></a><var>49.4</var><b>ARTICLE 3</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.49.5"></a><var>49.5</var><b>SPECIAL EDUCATION AND OTHER PROGRAMS</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.3.1.0"></a><a id="pl.49.6"></a><var>49.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 125A.14, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.7"></a><var>49.7</var><b>125A.14 EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.49.8"></a><var>49.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A district may provide extended school year services for children with a disability <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.9"></a><var>49.9</var>living within the district and nonresident children temporarily placed in the district <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.10"></a><var>49.10</var>pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>125A.15</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>125A.16</statute_ref>. Prior to March 31 or 30 days after the child <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.11"></a><var>49.11</var>with a disability is placed in the district, whichever is later, the providing district shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.12"></a><var>49.12</var>give notice to the district of residence of any nonresident children temporarily placed in <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.13"></a><var>49.13</var>the district pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>125A.15</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>125A.16</statute_ref>, of its intention to provide these <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.14"></a><var>49.14</var>programs. Notwithstanding any contrary provisions in sections section 
         <statute_ref>125A.15</statute_ref> and <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.15"></a><var>49.15</var><statute_ref>125A.16</statute_ref>, the district providing the special instruction and services must apply for special <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.16"></a><var>49.16</var>education aid for the extended school year services. The unreimbursed actual cost of <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.17"></a><var>49.17</var>providing the program for nonresident children with a disability, including the cost of <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.18"></a><var>49.18</var>board and lodging, may be billed to the district of the child's residence and must be paid <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.19"></a><var>49.19</var>by the resident district. Transportation costs must be paid by the district responsible <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.20"></a><var>49.20</var>for providing transportation pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>125A.15</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>125A.16</statute_ref> and transportation <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.21"></a><var>49.21</var>aid must be paid to that district.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.2.0"></a><a id="pl.49.22"></a><var>49.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 125A.19, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.23"></a><var>49.23</var><b>125A.19 NONRESIDENT EDUCATION; BILLING.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.49.24"></a><var>49.24</var>All tuition billing for the education of nonresident children pursuant to sections <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.49.25"></a><var>49.25</var>125A.03
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>125A.24</statute_ref>, 125A.51, 125A.515, and 
         <statute_ref>125A.65</statute_ref> must be done on uniform forms <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.26"></a><var>49.26</var>prescribed by the commissioner. The billing shall contain an itemized statement of costs <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.27"></a><var>49.27</var>that are being charged to the district of residence. One copy of each billing must be filed <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.28"></a><var>49.28</var>with the commissioner.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.3.0"></a><a id="pl.49.29"></a><var>49.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 125A.515, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.30"></a><var>49.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Approval of education programs.</b> The commissioner shall approve <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.31"></a><var>49.31</var>on-site education programs for placement of children and youth in residential facilities <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.32"></a><var>49.32</var>including detention centers, before being licensed by the Department of Human Services <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.1"></a><var>50.1</var>or the Department of Corrections. Education programs in these facilities shall conform to <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.2"></a><var>50.2</var>state and federal education laws including the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.3"></a><var>50.3</var>(IDEA). This section applies only to placements in facilities licensed by the Department of <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.4"></a><var>50.4</var>Human Services or the Department of Corrections. For purposes of this section, "on-site <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.5"></a><var>50.5</var>education program" means the educational services provided directly on the grounds of <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.6"></a><var>50.6</var>the care and treatment facility to children and youth placed for care and treatment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.4.0"></a><a id="pl.50.7"></a><var>50.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 11, article 7, section 2, subdivision 8, <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.8"></a><var>50.8</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.9"></a><var>50.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Early childhood education scholarships.</b> For grants to early childhood <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.10"></a><var>50.10</var>education scholarships for public or private early childhood preschool programs for <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.11"></a><var>50.11</var>children ages 3 to 5 and for evidence-based and research-validated early literacy home <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.12"></a><var>50.12</var>visiting programs for children ages 18 months to 4 years:<br />
         		
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               <td><a id="pl.50.13"></a><var>50.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">4,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">.....<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2013<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.50.14"></a><var>50.14</var>(a) All children whose parents or legal guardians meet the eligibility requirements <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.15"></a><var>50.15</var>of paragraph (b) established by the commissioner are eligible to receive early childhood <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.16"></a><var>50.16</var>education scholarships under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.17"></a><var>50.17</var>(b) A parent or legal guardian is eligible for an early childhood education scholarship <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.18"></a><var>50.18</var>if the parent or legal guardian:<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.19"></a><var>50.19</var>(1) has a child three or four years of age on September 1, beginning in calendar <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.20"></a><var>50.20</var>year 2012; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.21"></a><var>50.21</var>(2)(i) has income equal to or less than 47 percent of the state median income in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.22"></a><var>50.22</var>current calendar year; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.23"></a><var>50.23</var>(ii) can document their child's identification through another public funding <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.24"></a><var>50.24</var>eligibility process, including the Free and Reduced Price Lunch Program, National School <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.25"></a><var>50.25</var>Lunch Act, United States Code, title 42, section 1751, part 210; Head Start under federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.26"></a><var>50.26</var>Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007; Minnesota family investment <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.27"></a><var>50.27</var>program under chapter 256J; and child care assistance programs under chapter 119B.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.28"></a><var>50.28</var>Each year, if this appropriation is insufficient to provide early childhood education <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.29"></a><var>50.29</var>scholarships to all eligible children, the Department of Education shall make scholarships <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.30"></a><var>50.30</var>available on a first-come, first-served basis.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.31"></a><var>50.31</var>The commissioner of education shall submit a written report to the education <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.32"></a><var>50.32</var>committees of the legislature by January 15, 2012, describing its plan for implementation <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.33"></a><var>50.33</var>of scholarships under this subdivision for the 2012-2013 school year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.34"></a><var>50.34</var>(c) Of this amount, $250,000 is for a grant to the evidence-based early literacy <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.35"></a><var>50.35</var>Parent-Child Home Program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.1"></a><var>51.1</var>(d) Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.2"></a><var>51.2</var>(e) The base for this program is $2,000,000 each year.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.5.0"></a><a id="pl.51.3"></a><var>51.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. <b> REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.51.4"></a><var>51.4</var>Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 125A.16; 125A.80; and 475.53, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.5"></a><var>51.5</var>5, are repealed.<br />
         		
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